THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD.

A new Version.

BY J. H. WIFFEN, ESQ.

"Our childhood's piteous marvel, 'tis to be
Most piously believed!"

I.

DEAR children! ye whose gentle eyen
With tears for others' sufferings swell;
Awhile your pleasant sports resign,
And listen to the tale I tell.
In Norfolk once a knight of worth,
And lady, constant, fair and true,
Lived rich, and happy in the birth
Of two sweet infants, good like you.

II.

The one grew up a comely boy,
With sparkling eye and rosy cheek,
And one, her mother's younger joy,
A girl of beauty, mild and meek.