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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROLIC, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poet's Biography
First Line: The children were shouting together
Last Line: The lovely lawns of the light.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Children; Games; Happiness; Play; Stars; Sun; Childhood; Recreation; Pastimes; Amusements; Joy; Delight
First Line: The children were shouting together
Last Line: The lovely lawns of the light.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Children; Games; Happiness; Play; Stars; Sun; Childhood; Recreation; Pastimes; Amusements; Joy; Delight
THE children were shouting together
And racing along the sands,
A glimmer of dancing shadows,
A dovelike flutter of hands.
The stars were shouting in heaven,
The sun was chasing the moon:
The game was the same as the children's,
They danced to the self-same tune.
The whole of the world was merry,
One joy from the vale to the height,
Where the blue woods of twilight encircled
The lovely lawns of the light.
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