StoryTitle("caps", "The Unseen Playmate ") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(112, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "When children are playing alone on the green, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "In comes the playmate that never was seen. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "When children are happy and lonely and good,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The Friend of the Children comes out of the wood. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Nobody heard him and nobody saw,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "His is a picture you never could draw,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But he's sure to be present, abroad or at home, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "When children are happy and playing alone. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He lies in the laurels, he runs on the grass,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "He sings when you tinkle the musical glass; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Whene'er you are happy and cannot tell why, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The Friend of the Children is sure to be by ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He loves to be little, he hates to be big,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "'T is he that inhabits the caves that you dig; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "'T is he when you play with your soldiers of tin", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "That sides with the Frenchmen and never can win. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "'T is he, when at night you go off to your bed,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Bids you go to sleep and not trouble your head; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For whenever they're lying, in cupboard or shelf, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "'T is he will take care of your playthings himself!", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Robert Louis Stevenson.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>