Gateway to the Classics: The Story of My Four Friends, the Seasons by Jane Andrews
 
The Story of My Four Friends, the Seasons by  Jane Andrews

Ocean's Children

Old Mother Ocean moaned and called,

"Where are my children all?"

And from far and near the wide world o'er

They answered their mother's call.


I am a drop of pearly dew

Decking the flowers at night;

But a sudden sunbeam changes me

To a flashing diamond bright.


I am a shower of summer rain,

And within my drops I hold

An arching rainbow glorious

With sapphire, ruby, and gold.


And we are the snow and the icy hail;

By a law that the North Wind knows

He calls us to march in crystal ranks

Whenever his trumpet blows.


I am a spring like a mossy cup

Where the wild deer come to drink;

And I mirror the sky and feed the flowers

That blossom upon my brink.


And I am a rivulet leaping down

From my home on the green hillside

In a bright cascade with a shower of spray

Like a veil for a fairy bride.


And I am a river broad and strong;

A highway to the sea

I make for men, and they love me well,

For I serve them faithfully.


And we all are Ocean's children.

'T was the sun that lured us away.

We may wander far; she may wait us long,

But we 'll surely come home some day.


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