{"id":17145,"date":"2012-11-20T06:30:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T17:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=17145"},"modified":"2012-11-12T21:08:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T08:08:16","slug":"tuesday-poem-a-poem-by-e-nesbit-from-the-story-of-the-treasure-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/11\/20\/tuesday-poem-a-poem-by-e-nesbit-from-the-story-of-the-treasure-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Poem: A Poem by E Nesbit from “The Story of the Treasure Seekers”"},"content":{"rendered":"

… a poem on children’s fun
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh when I wake up in my bed
\nAnd see the sun all fat and red,
\nI’m glad to have another day
\nFor all my different kinds of play.<\/p>\n

There are so many things to do–
\nThe things that make a man of you,
\nIf grown-ups did not get so vexed
\nAnd wonder what you will do next.<\/p>\n

I often wonder whether they
\nEver made up our kinds of play–
\nIf they were always good as gold
\nAnd only did what they were told.<\/p>\n

They like you best to play with tops
\nAnd toys in boxes, bought in shops;
\nThey do not even know the names
\nOf really interesting games.<\/p>\n

They will not let you play with fire
\nOr trip your sister up with wire,
\nThey grudge the tea-tray for a drum,
\nOr booby-traps when callers come.<\/p>\n

They don’t like fishing, and it’s true
\nYou sometimes soak a suit or two:
\nThey look on fireworks, though they’re dry,
\nWith quite a disapproving eye.<\/p>\n

They do not understand the way
\nTo get the most out of your day:
\nThey do not know how hunger feels
\nNor what you need between your meals.<\/p>\n

And when you’re sent to bed at night,
\nThey’re happy, but they’re not polite.
\nFor through the door you hear them say:
\n‘He’s done his mischief for the day!’<\/p>\n

by E Nesbit<\/p>\n

from “The Story of the Treasure Seekers”<\/em><\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

I just thought this poem was fun—and with lines like “They look on fireworks, though they’re dry\/\/With quite a disapproving eye”<\/em>, reassure that in some respects there is very little that is new under the sun.<\/p>\n

Or is that reassuring? Oh well, never mind—have fun with the poem anyway. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

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