4 quotes
Clear and cool, clear and cool,
By laughing shallow, and dreaming pool.
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby (1863)
[A] man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London.
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby (1863)
When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green;
And every goose a swan, lad,
And every lass a queen;
Then hey for boot and horse, lad,
And round the world away;
Young blood must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day.
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby (1863)
When all the world is old, lad,
And all the trees are brown;
And all the sport is stale, lad,
And all the wheels run down;
Creep home, and take your place there,
The spent and maimed among:—
God grant you find one face there,
You loved when all was young.
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby (1863)