Looking-Glass River

John Alden CARPENTER (1876-1951)
Robert Louis Stevenson

Smooth it slides upon its travel,
Here a wimple, there a gleam –
O the clean gravel!
O the smooth stream!

Sailing blossoms, silver fishes,
Paven pools as clear as air –
How a child wishes
To live down there.

Smooth it slides upon its travel,
Here a wimple, there a gleam –
O the clean gravel!
O the smooth stream!

January 2nd, 2006   |  Permalink  |  Filed under: Carpenter, John A.

Thomas Hampson
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