The smiling face of a happy boy <br />With its enchanted key <br />Is now unlocking in memory <br />My store of heartiest joy. <br /> <br />And my lost life again to-day, <br />In pleasant colors all aglow, <br />From rainbow tints, to pure white snow, <br />Is a panorama sliding away. <br /> <br />The whistled air of a simple tune <br />Eddies and whirls my thoughts around, <br />As fairy balloons of thistle-down <br />Sail through the air of June. <br /> <br />O happy boy with untaught grace! <br />What is there in the world to give <br />That can buy one hour of the life you live <br />Or the trivial cause of your smiling face!<br /><br />James Whitcomb Riley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-a-boy-whistling/
