Poems (Terry, 1861)/A child's wish

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A CHILD'S WISH.
"Be my fairy, mother, Give me a wish a day;Something, as well in sunshine As when the rain-drops play."
"And if I were a fairy, With but one wish to spare,What should I give thee, darling, To quiet thine earnest prayer?"
"I'd like a little brook, mother, All for my very own,To laugh all day among the trees, And shine on the mossy stone;
"To run right under the window, And sing me fast asleep, LeWith soft steps and a tender sound, Over the grass to creep.
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"Make it run down the hill, mother, With a leap like a tinkling bell,So fast I never can catch the leaf That into its fountain fell.
"Make it as wild as a frightened bird, As crazy as a bee,And a noise like the baby's funny laugh; That's the brook for me!"
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