The smiling face of a happy boy With its enchanted key Is now unlocking in memory My store of heartiest joy. And my lost life again to-day, In pleasant colors all aglow, From rainbow tints, to pure white snow, Is a panorama sliding away. The whistled air of a simple tune Eddies and whirls my thoughts around, As fairy balloons of thistle-down Sail through the air of June. O happy boy with untaught grace! What is there in the world to give That can buy one hour of the life you live Or the trivial cause of your smiling face! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1914: 1. PEACE by RUPERT BROOKE HER LIKENESS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK BIRD AND BROOK by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES VICKSBURG by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE L'ENVOI: THE RETURN OF THE SIRE DE NESLE, A.D. 16 - by HERMAN MELVILLE DEWEY IN MANILA BAY [MAY 1, 1898] by RICHARD VORHEES RISLEY HOMER by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN POLYHYMNIA: SONNET TO LADY FALKLAND UPON HER GOING TO INTO IRELAND by WILLIAM BASSE |