A child's wish [poem]
Media
Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People
- Title
- A child's wish [poem]
- Creator
- de la Paz, Lulu
- Language
- English
- Source
- Volume 1 (Issue no. 8) September 1935
- Year
- 1935
- Subject
- Children's poetry
- Wishes
- Rights
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- Fulltext
- THE YOUNG CITIZEN A CHILD'S WISH \\·ish I were a moonbeam, In a silve1· sheen of ll'hite, Filtering through the cla1·kness Bathing all the \\'oriel ll'ith light. Then I could play hide ancl seek, With the clou<b ancl ghostly trees. I could peep through the "·inclo\\'s Where the children lie asleep. I might he \'el'Y tiny, Yet I kno\\· that I can helpThe heavens keep in beauty And the darkness turn to light. S<'11trmher, J9.J!i