Rhymes and Stories (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Rhymes and Stories<br><br>To My Children.<br><br>Carroll, Edmund and Katharine.<br><br>My dear ones, long ago when you were children<br>I loved to watch you at your games and play.<br>Chasing gay butterflies across the meadow<br>in the bright sunshine of a summer day.<br>And when the angry clouds began to gather<br>Before the shower fell on hill and plain.<br>Always alert to keep you out of danger,<br>I used to call you in out of the rain.<br><br>And now with toys and games no longer cheering,<br>You face the world with all its joy and gain,<br>The busy life where many dangers threaten,<br>And I am helpless to assuage your pain.<br>So sitting sadly here among the shadows,<br>While softly falls the gentle summer rain,<br>I'd give my life, and all that it has brought me<br>If I could only call you in again.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.