As he held in his hand a broken toy:

He looked in my face for an instant, and then

He said, with a sigh, and a downcast eye,

“If I could live my life over again,

I think I could be a better boy!”


[IN THE DARK LITTLE FLAT AT THE END OF THE COURT]

What can the children in cities do,

The children shut in from wholesome sport—

The children that live, all winter through,