AT SCHOOL
Five little Girls, sitting on a form,
Five little Girls, with lessons to learn,
Five little Girls, who, I’m afraid,
Won’t know them a bit when they have to be said.
For little eyes are given to look
Anywhere else than on their book;
And little thoughts are given to stray
Anywhere – ever so far away.
Kate Greenaway, Marigold Garden, ed. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.