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Hence, bashful cunning,
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
Hence, bashful cunning,
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance
Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
All things truly wicked start from innocence.
All things truly wicked start from innocence.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
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.
What can innocence hope for,
When such as sit her judges are corrupted!
What can innocence hope for,
When such as sit her judges are corrupted!
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
