Child's Garden of Verses (Version 3)

<h2><SPAN name="NEST_EGGS" id="NEST_EGGS"></SPAN>NEST EGGS</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">Birds all the sunny day<br/></span> <span class="i14">Flutter and quarrel<br/></span> <span class="i12">Here in the arbor-like<br/></span> <span class="i14">Tent of the laurel.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">Here in the fork<br/></span> <span class="i14">The brown nest is seated;<br/></span> <span class="i12">Four little blue eggs<br/></span> <span class="i14">The mother keeps heated.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">While we stand watching her,<br/></span> <span class="i14">Staring like gabies,<br/></span> <span class="i12">Safe in each egg are the<br/></span> <span class="i14">Bird's little babies.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</SPAN></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">Soon the frail eggs they shall<br/></span> <span class="i14">Chip, and upspringing<br/></span> <span class="i12">Make all the April woods<br/></span> <span class="i14">Merry with singing.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">Younger than we are,<br/></span> <span class="i14">O children, and frailer,<br/></span> <span class="i12">Soon in blue air they'll be,<br/></span> <span class="i14">Singer and sailor.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">We, so much older,<br/></span> <span class="i14">Taller and stronger,<br/></span> <span class="i12">We shall look down on the<br/></span> <span class="i14">Birdies no longer.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">They shall go flying<br/></span> <span class="i14">With musical speeches<br/></span> <span class="i12">High over head in the<br/></span> <span class="i14">Tops of the beeches.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">In spite of our wisdom<br/></span> <span class="i14">And sensible talking,<br/></span> <span class="i12">We on our feet must go<br/></span> <span class="i14">Plodding and walking.<br/></span></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_055.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="154" alt="Illustration" /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />