ALONG the Woodford road there comes a noise Of wheels, and Mr. Rounding's neat postchaise Struggles along, drawn by a pair of bays, With Rev. Mr. Crow and six small Boys Who ever and anon declare their joys, With trumping horns and juvenile huzzas, At going home to spend their Christmas days, And changing Learning's pains for Pleasure's toys. Six weeks elapse, and down the Woodford way, A heavy coach drags six more heavy souls, But no glad urchins shout, no trumpets bray; The carriage makes a halt, the gate-bell tolls, And little Boys walk in as dull and mum As six new scholars to the Deaf and Dumb. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPISTLE TO AUGUSTA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE INDIAN BURYING GROUND by PHILIP FRENEAU ON AN INVITATION TO THE UNITED STATES by THOMAS HARDY THE MORAL FABLES: THE SWALLOW, AND THE OTHER BIRDS by AESOP SELF-COMMUNING by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE PSALM 18. DILIGAM TE by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |