Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHILDREN'S TRIUMPH, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poet's Biography First Line: The sunbeams came to my window Last Line: But the children won the day. Subject(s): Children; Childhood | ||||||||
THE sunbeams came to my window, And said, "Come out and see The sparkle on the river, The blossom on the tree!" But never a moment parleyed I With the bright-haired Sunbeams' call! Though their dazzling hands on the leaf they laid, I drew it away to the curtain-shade, Where a sunbeam could not fall. The Robins came to my window, And said, "Come out and sing! Come out and join the chorus Of the festival of the spring!" But never a carol would I trill In the festival of May; But I sat alone in my shadowy room, And worked away in its quiet gloom, And the Robins flew away. The Children came to my window, And said, "Come out and play! Come out with us in the sunshine, 'Tis such a glorious day!" Then never another word I wrote, And my desk was put away! When the Children called me, what could I do? The Robins might fail, and the Sunbeams too, But the Children won the day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE CONSECRATION HYMN by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL I DID THIS FOR THEE! WHAT HAST THOU DONE FOR ME? by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL A BIRTHDAY GREETING TO MY FATHER, 1860 by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL |
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