Katherine Mansfield: A Little Boy’s Dream

Katherine Mansfield

(1888-1923)

 

A Little Boy’s Dream

 

To and fro, to and fro

In my little boat I go

Sailing far across the sea

All alone, just little me.

And the sea is big and strong

And the journey very long.

To and fro, to and fro

In my little boat I go.

 

Sea and sky, sea and sky,

Quietly on the deck I lie,

Having just a little rest.

I have really done my best

In an awful pirate fight,

But we captured them all right.

Sea and sky, sea and sky,

Quietly on the deck I lie–

 

Far away, far away

From my home and from my play,

On a journey without end

Only with the sea for friend

And the fishes in the sea.

But they swim away from me

Far away, far away

From my home and from my play.

 

Then he cried “O Mother dear.”

And he woke and sat upright,

They were in the rocking chair,

Mother’s arms around him–tight.

 

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