Child's Garden of Verses (Version 3)

<h2><SPAN name="FOREIGN_CHILDREN" id="FOREIGN_CHILDREN"></SPAN>FOREIGN CHILDREN</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">Little Indian, Sioux or Crow,<br/></span> <span class="i12">Little frosty Eskimo,<br/></span> <span class="i12">Little Turk or Japanee,<br/></span> <span class="i12">O! don't you wish that you were me?<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">You have seen the scarlet trees<br/></span> <span class="i12">And the lions over seas;<br/></span> <span class="i12">You have eaten ostrich eggs,<br/></span> <span class="i12">And turned the turtles off their legs.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">Such a life is very fine,<br/></span> <span class="i12">But it's not so nice as mine:<br/></span> <span class="i12">You must often, as you trod,<br/></span> <span class="i12">Have wearied <i>not</i> to be abroad.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">You have curious things to eat,<br/></span> <span class="i12">I am fed on proper meat;<br/></span> <span class="i12">You must dwell beyond the foam,<br/></span> <span class="i12">But I am safe and live at home.<br/></span></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_038.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="743" alt="Illustration" /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />