I like 'em in the winter when their cheeks are slightly pale, I like 'em in the spring time when the March winds blow a gale; But when summer suns have tanned 'em and they're racing to and fro, I somehow think the children make the finest sort of show. When they're brown as little berries and they're bare of foot and head, And they're on the go each minute where the velvet lawns are spread, Then their health is at its finest and they never stop to rest, Oh, it's then I think the children look and are their very best. We've got to know the winter and we've got to know the spring, But for children, could I do it, unto summer I would cling; For I'm happiest when I see 'em, as a wild and merry band Of healthy, lusty youngsters that the summer sun has tanned. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALMSWOMEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN GOLD-OF-OPHIR ROSES by GRACE ATHERTON DENNEN THE EVE OF ST. AGNES by JOHN KEATS WOMAN'S BEAUTY by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE THE INTRODUCTION by AL-DHAHABI HIMALAYA by WILLIMINA L. ARMSTRONG |