To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.

To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.

From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.

From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.

But innocence has nothing to dread.
[Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]

But innocence has nothing to dread.
[Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

No better than you should be.

No better than you should be.

We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun,
And bleat the one at th' other. What read more

We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun,
And bleat the one at th' other. What we changed
Was innocence for innocence; we knew not
The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dreamed
That any did.

Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.

Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of read more

Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; it is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, for each child has its fairy godmother in its own soul.