CONTENTS
[ Dedication ]
[ SONGS OF DESIRE ]
[ Summer Explorer ]
[ Spring Wish ]
[ Ambition ]
[ Dreams ]
[ Water-Lily ]
[ Humor ]
[ Independence ]
[ SONGS FOR OUT OF DOORS ]
[ A Comparison ]
[ Speculation ]
[ Parade ]
[ Flower Preferences ]
[ Parental Advice ]
[ Song for a Child Watching Clouds ]
[ Problem ]
[ Garden Musings ]
[ My Garden ]
[ Tracks ]
[ Chanticleer ]
[ Rainbow ]
[ Windmill ]
[ Cat-Fish ]
[ Visiting ]
[ Castles ]
[ Parenthood ]
[ SONGS OF CIRCUMSTANCE ]
[ Moral Song ]
[ Serious Omission ]
[ Choice ]
[ Natural Fireworks ]
[ Conspiracy ]
[ Cuckoo Clock ]
[ The Sentinel ]
[ Royalty ]
[ Crackers ]
[ The Drum ]
[ Theatricals ]
[ Sally ]
[ SONGS FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE ]
[ Bundles ]
[ The Candy Santa Claus ]
[ The Tinsel Star ]
[ The Ambitious Mouse ]
[ Prayer ]
[ About the author: ]
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SONGS OF DESIRE
Summer Explorer
I'd like to be a gypsy
With gold rings in my ears,
Along the road to sit and sing,
And not do another thing
For years and years;
A road to dream upon by day,
A fire for dreams at night,
Free to wander far away,
Free to shout and free to play,
Quite impolite.
I'd pitch my tent beside a wall,
All apple trees within,
And if the apples didn't fall,
I wouldn't hesitate at all.
I'd climb—and sin!
But if the weather wasn't fine,
If all the world were rain,
If there weren't anywhere to dine
And goose-flesh quivered up my spine—
I might come home again!
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Spring Wish