StoryTitle("caps", "A Boy's Song") ?>
Boy's Song," by James Hogg (1770-1835), is a sparkling poem, very
attractive to children.
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where the pools are bright and deep,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where the gray trout lies asleep,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Up the river and o'er the lea,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That's the way for Billy and me.", "") ?>
PagePoem(51, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where the blackbird sings the latest,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where the nestlings chirp and flee,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That's the way for Billy and me.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where the mowers mow the cleanest,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where the hay lies thick and greenest,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There to trace the homeward bee,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That's the way for Billy and me.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where the hazel bank is steepest,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where the shadow falls the deepest,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where the clustering nuts fall free.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That's the way for Billy and me.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Why the boys should drive away,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Little sweet maidens from the play,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Or love to banter and fight so well,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That's the thing I never could tell.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But this I know, I love to play,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Through the meadow, among the hay;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Up the water and o'er the lea,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That's the way for Billy and me.", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("100", SmallCapsText("James Hogg.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>