poetry for children to a river in which a child was drowned x smiling river smiling riveron thy bosom sunbeams play though theyre fleeting and retreatingthou hast more deceit than they in thy channel in thy channel choked with ooze and gravelly stones deep immersed and unhearsed lies young edwards corse his bones ever whitening ever whiteningas thy waves against them dash what thy torrent in the currentswallowd now it helps to wash as if senseless as if senselessthings had feeling in this case what so blindly and unkindlyit destroyd it now does grace 39 the boy an 2cnm2m2.jpg from gracie’s channel View Photo