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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHILDREN'S ROOM, by RUTH E. MCCOY
First Line: This grimy cherub, lacking wings
Last Line: He gives allegiance to his dream.
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: This grimy cherub, lacking wings
Last Line: He gives allegiance to his dream.
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
This grimy cherub, lacking wings,
Leans to a printed page that sings
Of knights and wars and older days,
Of gallant times and gallant ways.
Laughter and chaos mingle here
To whisper glory in his ear;
He mixes life and death awry,
Sets earthly beings in the sky.
In his mind, peace and marching feet
Blend to a wonderment complete:
His eyes, his heart, are keen to all
The splendours which about him fall,
While, ignorant of time or scheme,
He gives allegiance to his dream.
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