HE was six years old, just six that day, And I saw he had something important to say As he held in his hand a broken toy. He looked in my face for an instant, and then He said, with a sigh, and a downcast eye, "If I could live my life over again, I think I could be a better boy!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON HOLY POEMS: 3 by GEORGE BARKER THE YANKEE PRIVATEER by ARTHUR HALE THE STIRRUP-CUP by JOHN MILTON HAY TO DOCTOR EMPIRIC by BEN JONSON THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 54 by PHILIP SIDNEY TO S.M., A YOUNG AFRICAN PAINTER, ON SEEING HIS WORKS by PHILLIS WHEATLEY |