Versos English Arthur Colton Vi

English poem

Vi

by (1868–1943)

Listen in the reader

A draught of water from the spring,

An apple from the wayside tree,

A bit of bread for strengthening,

A pipe for grace and policy;

And so, by taking time, to find

A world that's mainly to one's mind;

Some health, some wit in friends a few,

Some high behaviours in their kind,

Some dispositions to be true.