And spoke of other curious things she never would forget.
Oh, I have heard of many, very many girls and boys
Who have to do without the sight of pretty books and toys,
Who have never seen the ocean; but the saddest thought to me
Is that anywhere there lives a child who never saw a tree.
The Daily Task.
Marianne Farningham.
The morning light falls gently on the eyes
And wakes the sleeping men;