Part 2
Swing, swing, sing, sing, Here's my throne and I am a King! Swing, sing, swing, sing, Farewell, earth, for I'm on the wing!
BIRDS' NAMES.
OF Creatures with Feathers, come let us see Which have names like you and me. Hook-nosed Poll, that thinks herself pretty, Everyone knows, of all birds most witty. Friendly Daw, in suit of gray, Ask him his name, and 'Jack!' he'll say. Pert Philip Sparrow hopping you meet, "Philip! Philip!"--in garden and street. Bold Robin Redbreast perches near, And sings his best in the fall of the year. Grave Madge Owlet shuns the light, And shouts "hoo! hoo!" in the woods at night. Nightingale sweet, that May loves well, Old Poets have call'd her Philomel, But Philomelus, _he_ sings best, While _she_ sits listening in her nest. Darting Martin!--tell me why They call you Martin, I know not, I; Martin the black, under cottage eaves, Martin the small, in sandy caves. Merry Willy Wagtail, what runs he takes! Wherever he stops, his tail he shakes. Head and tail little Jenny Wren perks, As in and out of the hedge she jerks. Brisk Tom Tit, the lover of trees, Picks-off every fly and grub he sees. Mag, the cunning chattering Pie, Builds her home in a tree-top high,-- Mag, you're a terrible thief, O fie!
Tom and Philip and Jenny and Polly, Madge and Martin and Robin and Willy, Philomelus and friendly Jack,-- Mag the rogue, half-white, half-black, Stole an egg from every Bird; Such an uproar was never heard; All of them flew upon Mag together, And pluck'd her naked of every feather. "You're not a Bird!" they told her then, "You may go away and live among men!"
DOWN ON THE SHORE.
I.
DOWN on the shore, on the sunny shore! Where the salt smell cheers the land; Where the tide moves bright under boundless light, And the surge on the glittering strand; Where the children wade in the shallow pools, Or run from the froth in play; While the swift little boats with milk-white wings Are crossing the sapphire bay, And the ship in full sail, with a fortunate gale Holds proudly on her way; Where the nets are spread on the grass to dry, And asleep, hard by, the fishermen lie, Under the tent of the warm blue sky, With the hushing wave on its golden floor To sing their lullaby.
II.
Down on the shore, on the stormy shore! Beset by a growling sea, Whose mad waves leap on the rocky steep Like wolves up a traveller's tree: Where the foam flies wide, and an angry blast Blows the curlew off, with a screech; Where the brown sea-wrack, torn up by the roots, Is flung out of fishes' reach; And the tall ship rolls on the hidden shoals, And scatters her planks on the beach; Where slate and straw through the village spin, And a cottage fronts the fiercest din With a sailor's wife sitting sad within, Hearkening the wind and the water's roar, Till at last her tears begin.
THE BUBBLE.
SEE, the pretty Planet! Floating sphere! Faintest breeze will fan it Far or near;
World as light as feather; Moonshine rays, Rainbow tints, together, As it plays;
Drooping, sinking, failing, Nigh to earth, Mounting, whirling, sailing, Full of mirth;
Life there, welling, flowing, Waving round; Pictures coming, going, Without sound.
Quick now! be this airy Globe repell'd! Never can the fairy Star be held.
Touch'd--it in a twinkle Disappears! Leaving but a sprinkle, As of tears.
NICK SPENCE.
NICK SPENCE, Nick Spence, Sold the Cow for sixpence! When his Master scolded him, Nicky didn't care. Put him in the farmyard, The stableyard, the stackyard, Send him to the pigsty, And Johnny to the fair!
AMBITION.
THE Sea! as smooth as silk, And the froth of it like new milk, And the sky a wonderful blue, The cliff harebells have it too, And scatter'd all over the shore A thousand Children or more!
Suppose we join, one-will'd, A City of Sand to build, With a rampart broad and strong From rock to rock along, Solid and firm enough To last till the sea grows rough And the days turn chilly and short, The end of our seaside sport, When all must bundle and pack And swift in the train go back, Big folk and little folk, To London lamps and smoke?
Let's draw out our plan to-night, Begin it with morning light. We'll bring all the Children together And build in the sweet sunny weather. What use in a House of Sand? But a City--that _would_ be grand! O yes, I am sure it will stand! And I, who first thought of the thing, Perhaps they will make me King?
THE BALL.
ALL men, black, brown, red, yellow, white Are brethren in their Father's sight. To do each other good is right, But not to wrangle, steal, or fight.
A thousand millions, young and old, Some in the heat, some in the cold, Upon this Ball of Earth are roll'd Around the Sun's great flame of gold.
And this great Sun is like indeed One daisy in a daisied mead; For GOD'S power doth all thought exceed. And of us also He takes heed.
RIDING.
HIS Lordship's Steed Of a noble breed Is trotting it fleetly, fleetly, Her Ladyship's pony, Sleek and bonny, Cantering neatly, neatly.
How shall they pass The Turf-Cadger's Ass, Creels and all, creels and all? Man on him bumping, Shouting and thumping, Heels and all, heels and all!
Lane is not wide, A hedge on each side, The Ass is beginning to bray; "Now," says my Lord, With an angry word, "Fellow, get out of the way!"
"Ha!" says the Cadger, As bold as a badger, "This way is _my_ way too!" Says the Lady mild, And sweetly smiled, "My Friend, that's perfectly true."
The Cadger look'd round, Then jump'd to the ground, And into the hedge pull'd Neddy. "O thank you!" says she, "Ax pardon!" says he, And touch'd his old hat to the Lady.
His Lordship's Steed Of a noble breed Went trotting it fleetly, fleetly, Her Ladyship's pony, Sleek and bonny Cantering neatly, neatly.
The Cadger he rode As well as he could, Heels and all, heels and all, Jolting and bumping, Shouting and thumping, Creels and all, creels and all.
TOM CRICKET.
TOM CRICKET he sat in his hole in the wall, Close to the kitchen fire, Up and down ran the Cockroaches all, Red coats and black coats, great and small; "Ho, Tom! our hearts are set on a ball, And your music we desire!"
Tom sat in his hole, his horns hung out, He play'd away on his fiddle; The Cockroaches danced in a rabble rout, Scrambling and scurrying all about, Tho' they had their own steps and figures no doubt, Hands across, and down the middle.
Till, "Stay!" says a Fat One,--"We're no Elves, To dance all night without stopping! Now for supper!" They help'd themselves, For the servants were gone to bed; on shelves And tables they quested by tens and twelves, And quick to the floor kept dropping.
As a Cockroach ran by, says Tom Cricket to him, "Fetch me up a piece of potato, Good Sir!--to mix in the crowd I'm too slim." Says Jack Cockroach, "I see you are proud and prim; To eat alone is merely your whim,-- Which I never will give way to!"
"Come down," says he, "and look out for your share!" "I won't do that," says Tom Cricket. And when for another dance they care, And call upon Tom for a lively air, They find he has drawn himself back in his lair. "How shameful," they cry, "How wicked!"
"Let's fill up the mouth of his cave with soot, Because he's behaved so badly!" They ran up and down the wall to do't; But ere half-done--a dreadful salute! In came the Cook, and the Scullion to boot, And off they all scampered madly.
THE YEAR OF HARDSHIPS.
JANUARY, Bitter, very! February damp, Sir; March blows On April's nose, May has caught the cramp, Sir; June, Without a sun or moon! July, August, Many a raw gust; September, October, November, December, Ten times worse than I ever remember. No apples, or hay, or honey, or corn; I'm sure it wasn't a fat year. Whenever you and I were born, Good-luck it wasn't in _that_ year!
A RIDDLE.
WHAT I say you'll scarce believe, Yet my words shall not deceive. I saw what seem'd a little Boy, With a face of life and joy; He danced, he ran, he nodded, he smiled, Just like any other Child; But could not speak, (how strange was this!) Or cry, or breathe, nor could I kiss, To save my life, the cherry red Of lips, not living and not dead! He was no picture, statue, doll; He was not a Child at all; He was Nothing, as near as could be, He was as real as you or me. --There he is: turn and see!
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