There was a man so very tall,That when you spoke you had to ballThrough both your hands, put like a cup,His head was such a long way up...He grew and grew - you could not seeWithout a telescope his knee;He grew till he was over-grown,And seen by oversight alone!
There was a man so very tall, That when you spoke you had to ball Through both your hands, put like a cup, His head was such a long way up... He grew and grew - you could not see Without a telescope his knee; He grew till he was over-grown, And seen by oversight alone!
Great wide, beautiful, wonderful world, With the wonderful waters round you curled, And the wonderful grass upon your breast, World, you are beautifully drest
With the peddler-man I should like to roam,And write a book when I came home;All the people would read my book,Just like the Travels of Captain Cook!
With the peddler-man I should like to roam, And write a book when I came home; All the people would read my book, Just like the Travels of Captain Cook!
Never do to-day what you canPut off till to-morrow.
Never do to-day what you can Put off till to-morrow.
Ah! you are so great, and I am so small,I tremble to think of you, World, at all;And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,A whisper inside me seemed to say,"You are more than the earth, though you are such a dot;You can love and think, and the earth cannot!
