A simple child, dear brother Jim,
That lightly draws its breath,
And feels its life in every limb,
What should it know of death?


'We are Seven' (1798)


A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?

A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?

A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?

A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?