Child's Garden of Verses (Version 3)

<h2><SPAN name="A_GOOD_BOY" id="A_GOOD_BOY"></SPAN>A GOOD BOY</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">I woke before the morning, I was happy all the day,<br/></span> <span class="i12">I never said an ugly word, but smiled and stuck to play.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">And now at last the sun is going down behind the wood,<br/></span> <span class="i12">And I am very happy, for I know that I've been good.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">My bed is waiting cool and fresh, with linen smooth and fair,<br/></span> <span class="i12">And I must off to sleepsin-by, and not forget my prayer.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</SPAN></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">I know that, till to-morrow I shall see the sun arise,<br/></span> <span class="i12">No ugly dream shall fright my mind, no ugly sight my eyes.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">But slumber hold me tightly, till I waken in the dawn,<br/></span> <span class="i12">And hear the thrushes singing in the lilacs round the lawn.<br/></span></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_014.jpg" width-obs="200" height-obs="233" alt="Illustration" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_029_1.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="207" alt="Illustration" /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />