I am the Child. All the world waits for my coming. All the earth watches with interest to see what I shall become. Civilization hangs in the balance, For what I am, the world of tomorrow will be. I am the Child. I have come into your world, about which I know nothing. Why I came I know not; How I came I know not. I am curious; I am interested. I am the Child. You hold in your hand my destiny. You determine, largely, whether I shall succeed or fail. Give me, I pray you, those things that make for happiness. Train me, I beg you, that I may be a blessing to the world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PRAISE OF HIS LADY by JOHN HEYWOOD YOUTH by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DREAM-LOVE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI EYE-WITNESS by FREDERICK RIDGELY TORRENCE THE COWBOY'S DANCE SONG by JAMES BARTON ADAMS TO A HUMMING BIRD by GLADYS ARNE SEVERUS TO TIBERIUS GREATLY ENNUYE by JOSEPH AUSLANDER |