William Rands
William Rands
grass great round waters wonderful
Great wide, beautiful, wonderful world, With the wonderful waters round you curled, And the wonderful grass upon your breast, World, you are beautifully drest
till
Never do to-day what you can Put off till to-morrow.
till
Never do to-day what you canPut off till to-morrow.
earth inside love prayers seemed though tremble whisper
Ah! you are so great, and I am so small,I tremble to think of you, World, at all;And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,A whisper inside me seemed to say,"You are more than the earth, though you are such a dot;You can love and think, and the earth cannot!
ball both grew head man oversight seen spoke telescope till
There was a man so very tall, That when you spoke you had to ball Through both your hands, put like a cup, His head was such a long way up... He grew and grew - you could not see Without a telescope his knee; He grew till he was over-grown, And seen by oversight alone!
book came captain people travels
With the peddler-man I should like to roam, And write a book when I came home; All the people would read my book, Just like the Travels of Captain Cook!
book came captain people travels
With the peddler-man I should like to roam,And write a book when I came home;All the people would read my book,Just like the Travels of Captain Cook!