F RANCIE, may thy childhood be A s a blossom-laden tree, S howing promise full and free. W ILLIE, be thy life a song, H oly, happy, sweet, and long, S welling through a world of wrong. A LFRED, be a fragrant flower, H ailing either sun or shower, S weetest in its fading hour. A LICE, in thy baby measure, E ver be thy parent's treasure, S howering golden love and pleasure. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FRA LIPPO LIPPI by ROBERT BROWNING MADRIGAL by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN HARRY PLOUGHMAN by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE HONEYSUCKLE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI ON CHLORIS WALKING IN THE SNOW by WILLIAM STRODE SONNET FOR A PICTURE by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL WASHINGTON by PHILLIS WHEATLEY |