CHILDERN -- take 'em as they run -- You kin @3bet@1 on, ev'ry one! -- Treat 'em right and reco'nize Human souls is all one size. Jevver think? -- the world's best men Wears the same souls they had when They run barefoot -- 'way back where All these little children air. Heerd a boy, not long ago, Say his parents @3sassed@1 him so, He'd @3correct@1 'em, ef he could, -- Then be good ef @3they'd@1 be good. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ABBEY ASAROE by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM DEATH AND THE MONK by ARTHUR E. BAKER THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. THE RAILWAY BOOM, 1845 by T. BAKER POLYHYMNIA: L'ENVOY by WILLIAM BASSE MAXIMS FOR THE OLD HOUSE: THE STAIR by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |