I should like to write a story Without effort, not for glory; Nothing great and nothing floral; Just a ramble, with no moral To the rhyme, Perhaps about a roving tramp, Just a wayward dirty scamp; Or an early butterfly Flitting through an April sky, Out of time. What about a wayside daisy, Or a lad in spring, grown lazy? Have you seen a baby smiling? So endearing, so beguiling, Isn't he! Choose a sparrow for a theme; Elfin circles near a stream. Bobby Burns . . . he saw a mouse. . . . Riley's fairy built her house In a tree. Mossy bypaths beckon, wander; What a joy it is to squander Precious hours midst shady turns, Seeing wild flowers, little ferns In the sod. Have we ever given thought, When for glory we have sought, That the common little things, Like the fluttering of wings, Lead to God? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOUGLASS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR LINCOLN by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR PROMETHEUS by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE WHEN THE KYE CAME HOME by JAMES HOGG THE PAUPER'S DRIVE by THOMAS NOEL THE BITER BIT by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN ECLOGUE: THE TIMES by WILLIAM BARNES |