The school boy

• "I love to rise in the summer morn when the birds sing on every tree"


  The boy in harmony with nature and natural order
• "under a cruel eye outwarn the little ones spend their day in sighing and dismay"


  Oppression of youth and childhood not being valued
• "how can a bird that's born for joy sit in a cage and sing"


  Childhood is meant to be enjoyed in nature not spent preparing for the work force
• "and if tender plants are stripped of their joy"


  The parallels between nature and childhood
• "how shall we gather what griefs destroy"


  The long lasting impact of oppression of childhood