 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1923 - 564 pages
...the organ man Is singing in the rain. XII LOOKING FORWARD \\ THEN I am grown to man's estate » VI shall be very proud and great, And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. XIII A GOOD PLAY "\ \ TE built a ship upon the stairs » » All made of the back-bedroom chairs, And... | |
 | Clarence Edward Andrews, Milton Oswin Percival - 1924 - 624 pages
...Japan, The children sing in Spain ; The organ with the organ man Is singing in the rain. LOOKING FORWARD WHEN I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud...the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. AUNTIE'S SKIRTS WHENFVER Auntie moves around. Her dresses make a curious sound ; They trail behind... | |
 | 1912 - 164 pages
...reminds one of Mr. Kenneth Grahame's Golden Age. One opens the book again at ' Looking Forward ' : When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud...the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. These verses are not about a child, or for a child : they are by a child. This is just the thought... | |
 | 1925 - 224 pages
...stores and churches and, as soon as possible, schools. A CHILD -LABOR GARDEN OF VERSES Looking Forward When I am grown to man's estate, I shall be very proud and great, And I'll be through with work and noise And get a rest and play with toys. Rain The dust is raining all... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 pages
...how to get inside a child's mind. So many of his lines can bring a smile, possibly of recognition: When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud...the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. The kicker in the final line does it. The child that is not clean and neat, With lots of toys and things... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...NBLV; NOBE: NOBW; OBD; OBEV, OBNC; OHFP; PoLF; PoRA; TrGrPo; WGRP When I am grown to man's estate 22 (1. 3—4) E1L; HelP; InvP; LiTB; NAEL-1; OBSC; TrGrPo; WiR WILLIAM ALEXANDER. EARL OF STIRLING (15807-1640)... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1994 - 148 pages
...Japan, The children sing in Spain; The organ with the organ man Is singing in the rain. LOOK-ING IEN I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great, And tell the other girls and boys .T~ Not to meddle with my toys. ~~^— w E BUILT a ship upon the stairs All made of the back-bedroom... | |
 | Paul Maixner - 1995 - 562 pages
...merely puerile. It is the same with Looking Forward (which also fills a page): When I am grown to man' a estate I shall be very proud and great, And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. That, again, expresses a very common puerile feeling in a decidedly puerile manner, and therefore it... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1998 - 328 pages
...Japan, The children sing in Spain; The organ with the organ man Is singing in the rain. Looking Forward When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud...the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. A Good Play We built a ship upon the stairs All made of the back-bedroom chairs, And filled it full... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. 1 11 76 A Child's Garden of Verses 'Looking Forward' 11177 A Child's Garden of Verses 'System The child that is not clean and neat. With lots of toys and... | |
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LOOKING FORWARD WHEN I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great, And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. 
