Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume I. Of Home: of Friendship. 1904. | | | | Poems of Home: III. Fun for Little Folk | | The Three Children | | Anonymous |
| | | THREE children sliding on the ice | |
| Upon a summer’s day, | |
| As it fell out they all fell in, | |
| The rest they ran away. | |
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| Now, had these children been at home, | 5 |
| Or sliding on dry ground, | |
| Ten thousand pounds to one penny | |
| They had not all been drowned. | |
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| You parents all that children have, | |
| And you too that have none, | 10 |
| If you would have them safe abroad | |
Pray keep them safe at home.
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