Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BOY SINGING, by ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG


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THE BOY SINGING, by                    
First Line: A little boy / is sitting on a fallen log
Last Line: Close to his happy heart.
Subject(s): Children; Happiness; Praise; Singing & Singers; Childhood; Joy; Delight


A little boy
Is sitting on a fallen log
Singing.

His happy song
Does not wander into Yesterday
Nor travel the dim trails
That lead into
Tomorrow.
It is a song of praise
About Today!

In little, childish words
He sings his joy:
Sings of giant poplars
Swaying in the breeze;
Sings of the deep blue
Of his mother's eyes;
Sings of the golden brightness
Of the sun;
Sings of the merry tinkling little stream
Running along
Under its crust of ice;
Sings all the joy
That warms his little heart.

And suddenly,
The friendly fields are still
Listening to his sweet song—
His song of praise
That does not wander into Yesterday
Nor travel unmade trails
Into Tomorrow
But holds Today
Close to his happy heart.





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