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Ah! a seraph may pray for a sinner;

But a sinner must pray for himself。



The twig is so easily bended;

I have banished the rule and the rod

I have taught them the goodness of knowledge;

They have taught me the goodness of God:

My heart is the dungeon of darkness

Where I shut them for breaking a rule;

My frown is sufficient correction;

My love is the law of the school。



I shall leave the old house in the autumn;

To traverse its threshold no more;

Ah; how I shall sigh for the dear ones

That meet me each morn at the door!

I shall miss the 〃good nights〃 and the kisses;

And the gush of their innocent glee;

The group on the green; and the flowers

That are brought every morning for me。



I shall miss them at morn and at even;

Their song in the school and the street;

I shall miss the low hum of their voices;

And the tread of their delicate feet。

When the lessons of life are all ended;

And death says: 〃The school is dismissed!〃

May the little ones gather around me;

To bid me good night and be kissed!



Charles Monroe Dickinson '1842…1924'





THE CHILDREN'S HOUR



Between the dark and the daylight;

When the night is beginning to lower;

Comes a pause in the day's occupations;

That is known as the Children's Hour。



I hear in the chamber above me

The patter of little feet;

The sound of a door that is opened;

And voices soft and sweet。



From my study I see in the lamplight;

Descending the broad hall stair;

Grave Alice; and laughing Allegra;

And Edith with golden hair。



A whisper; and then a silence:

Yet I know by their merry eyes

They are plotting and planning together

To take me by surprise。



A sudden rush from the stairway;

A sudden raid from the hall!

By three doors left unguarded

They enter my castle wall!



They climb up into my turret

O'er the arms and back of my chair;

If I try to escape; they surround me;

They seem to be everywhere。



They almost devour me with kisses;

Their arms about me entwine;

Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen

In his Mouse…Tower on the Rhine!



Do you think; O blue…eyed banditti;

Because you have scaled the wall;

Such an old mustache as I am

Is not a match for you all!



I have you fast in my fortress;

And will not let you depart;

But put you down into the dungeon

In the round…tower of my heart。



And there will I keep you forever;

Yes; forever and a day;

Till the walls shall crumble to ruin;

And moulder in dust away。



Henry Wadsworth Longfellow '1807…1882'





LAUS INFANTIUM



In praise of little children I will say

God first made man; then found a better way

For woman; but his third way was the best。

Of all created things; the loveliest

And most divine are children。  Nothing here

Can be to us more gracious or more dear。

And though; when God saw all his works were good;

There was no rosy flower of babyhood;

'Twas said of children in a later day

That none could enter Heaven save such as they。



The earth; which feels the flowering of a thorn;

Was glad; O little child; when you were born;

The earth; which thrills when skylarks scale the blue;

Soared up itself to God's own Heaven in you;

And Heaven; which loves to lean down and to glass

Its beauty in each dewdrop on the grass; …

Heaven laughed to find your face so pure and fair;

And left; O little child; its reflex there。



William Canton '1845…





THE DESIRE



Give me no mansions ivory white

Nor palaces of pearl and gold;

Give me a child for all delight;

Just four years old。



Give me no wings of rosy shine

Nor snowy raiment; fold on fold;

Give me a little boy all mine;

Just four years old。



Give me no gold and starry crown

Nor harps; nor palm branches unrolled;

Give me a nestling head of brown;

Just four years old。



Give me a cheek that's like the peach;

Two arms to clasp me from the cold;

And all my heaven's within my reach;

Just four years old。



Dear God; You give me from Your skies

A little paradise to hold;

As Mary once her Paradise;

Just four years old。



Katherine Tynan Hinkson '1861…1931'





A CHILD'S LAUGHTER



All the bells of heaven may ring;

All the birds of heaven may sing;

All the wells on earth may spring;

All the winds on earth may bring

All sweet sounds together;

Sweeter far then all things heard;

Hand of harper; tone of bird;

Sound of woods at sundawn stirred;

Welling water's winsome word;

Wind in warm; wan weather。



One thing yet there is; that none;

Hearing ere its chime be done;

Knows not well the sweetest one

Heard of man beneath the sun;

Hoped in heaven hereafter;

Soft and strong and loud and light;

Very sound of very light;

Heard from morning's rosiest height;

When the soul of all delight;

Fills a child's clear laughter。



Golden bells of welcome rolled

Never forth such note; nor told

Hours so blithe in tones so bold;

As the radiant mouth of gold

Here that rings forth heaven。

If the golden…crested wren

Were a nightingale … why; then

Something seen and heard of men

Might be half as sweet as when

Laughs a child of seven。



Algernon Charles Swinburne '1837…1909'





SEVEN YEARS OLD



Seven white roses on one tree;

Seven white loaves of blameless leaven;

Seven white sails on one soft sea;

Seven white swans on one lake's lea;

Seven white flowerlike stars in Heaven;

All are types unmeet to be

For a birthday's crown of seven。



Not the radiance of the roses;

Not the blessing of the bread;

Not the breeze that ere day grows is

Fresh for sails and swans; and closes

Wings above the sun's grave spread

When the starshine on the snows is

Sweet as sleep on sorrow shed。



Nothing sweeter; nothing best;

Holds so good and sweet a treasure

As the love wherewith once blest

Joy grows holy; grief takes rest;

Life; half tired with hours to measure;

Fills his eyes and lips and breast

With most light and breath of pleasure;



As the rapture unpolluted;

As the passion undefiled;

By whose force all pains heart…rooted

Are transfigured and transmuted;

Recompensed and reconciled;

Through the imperial; undisputed;

Present godhead of a child。



Brown bright eyes and fair bright head;

Worth a worthier crown than this is;

Worth a worthier song instead;

Sweet grave wise round mouth; full fed

With the joy of love; whose bliss is

More than mortal wine and bread;

Lips whose words are sweet as kisses。



Little hands so glad of giving;

Little heart so glad of love;

Little soul so glad of living;

While the strong swift hours are weaving

Light with darkness woven above;

Time for mirth and time for grieving;

Plume of raven and plume of dove。



I can give you but a word

Warm with love therein for leaven;

But a song that falls unheard

Yet on ears of sense unstirred

Yet by song so far from Heaven;

Whence you came the brightest bird;

Seven years since; of seven times seven。



Algernon Charles Swinburne '1837…1909'





CREEP AFORE YE GANG



Creep awa'; my bairnie; creep afore ye gang;

Cock ye baith your lugs to your auld Grannie's sang:

Gin ye gang as far ye will think the road lang;

Creep awa'; my bairnie; creep afore ye gang。



Creep awa'; my bairnie; ye're ower young to learn

To tot up and down yet; my bonnie wee bairn;

Better creepin' cannie; than fa'in' wi' a bang;

Duntin' a' your wee brow; … creep afore ye gang。



Ye'll creep; an' ye'll hotch; an' ye'll nod to your mither;

Watchin' ilka step o' your wee dousy brither;

Rest ye on the floor till your wee limbs grow strang;

An' ye'll be a braw chiel yet; … creep afore ye gang。



The wee birdie fa's when it tries ower soon to flee;

Folks are sure to tumble; when they climb ower hie;

They wha canna walk right are sure to come to wrang;

Creep awa'; my bairnie; creep afore ye gang。



James Ballantine '1808…1877'





CASTLES IN THE AIR



The bonnie; bonnie bairn who sits poking in the ase;

Glowering in the fire wi' his wee round face;

Laughing at the fuffin' lowe … what sees he there?

Ha! the young dreamer's bigging castles in the air。



His wee chubby face and his touzie curly pow

Are laughing and nodding to the dancing lowe;

He'll brown his rosy cheeks; and singe his sunny hair;

Glowering at the imps wi' their castles in the air。



He sees muckle castles towering to the moon;

He sees little sodgers pu'ing them a' doun;

Warlds whommlin' up and doun; bleezing wi' a flare; …

See how he loups as they glimmer in the air!



For a' sae sage he looks; what can the laddie ken?

He's thinking upon naething; like mony mighty men:

A wee thing mak's us think; a sma' thing mak's us stare; …

There are mair folk than him bigging castles in the air。



Sic a night in winter may weel mak' him cauld:

His chin upon his buffy hand will soon mak' him auld;


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