—Mother Goose.
Three Happy Thought Songs
I
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
II
The rain is raining all around,
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.
III
Of speckled eggs the birdie sings
And nests among the trees;
The sailor sings of ropes and things
In ships upon the seas.
The children sing in far Japan,
The children sing in Spain;
The organ with the organ man
Is singing in the rain.
—Robert Louis Stevenson.