Child's Garden of Verses (Version 3)

<h2><SPAN name="THE_LAMPLIGHTER" id="THE_LAMPLIGHTER"></SPAN>THE LAMPLIGHTER</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky;<br/></span> <span class="i12">It's time to take the window to see Leerie going by;<br/></span> <span class="i12">For every night at teatime and before you take your seat,<br/></span> <span class="i12">With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea,<br/></span> <span class="i12">And my papa's a banker and as rich as he can be;<br/></span> <span class="i12">But I, when I am stronger and can choose what I'm to do,<br/></span> <span class="i12">O Leerie, I'll go round at night and light the lamps with you!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door,<br/></span> <span class="i12">And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more;<br/></span> <span class="i12">And O, before you hurry by with ladder and with light,<br/></span> <span class="i12">O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him to-night!<br/></span></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />