There once was a wood, and a very thick wood,
So thick that to walk was as much as you could;
But a sunbeam got in, and the trees understood.
I went to this wood, at the end of the snows,
And as I was walking I saw a primrose;
Only one!
Shall I show you the place where it grows?
There once was a house, and a very dark house,
As dark,
I believe, as the hole of a mouse,
Or a tree in my wood, at the thick of the boughs.
I went to this house, and I searched it aright,
I opened the chambers, and I found a light;
Only one!
Shall I show you this little lamp bright?
There once was a cave, and this very dark
One day took a gift from an incoming wave;
And I made up my mind to know what the sea gave.
I took a lit torch,
I walked round the
When the water was lowest; and in a
In my cave was a jewel.
Will nobody guess?
O there was a baby, he sat on my knee,
With a pearl in his mouth that was precious to me,
His little dark mouth like my cave of the sea!
I said to my heart, "And my jewel is bright!
He blooms like a primrose!
He shines like a light!"Put your hand in his mouth!
Do you feel?
He can bite!
