English poem
A Vain Regret
by Edith Matilda Thomas (1854–1925)
He was six years old, just six that day, And I saw he had something important to say, As he held in his hand a broken toy: He looked in my face for an instant, and then He said, with a sigh, and a downcast eye, "If I could live my life over again, I think I could be a better boy!"