I saw this day sweet flowers grow thick -- <br />But not one like the child did pick. <br /> <br />I heard the packhounds in green park -- <br />But no dog like the child heard bark. <br /> <br />I heard this day bird after bird -- <br />But not one like the child has heard. <br /> <br />A hundred butterflies saw I -- <br />But not one like the child saw fly. <br /> <br />I saw the horses roll in grass -- <br />But no horse like the child saw pass. <br /> <br />My world this day has lovely been -- <br />But not like what the child has seen.<br /><br />William Henry Davies<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-happy-child/
