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The Worlds of Gilbert and Sullivan

This descriptive poem by William Wordsworth has delighted children of all ages throughout the years. Most of us have presumably seen, and enjoyed seeing, a kitten learning her skills in just this sort of imaginative, playful way.

The Kitten At Play

See the kitten on the wall,
Sporting with the leaves that fall,
Withered leaves, one, two and three,
Falling from the elder-tree;
Through the calm and frosty air
Of the morning bright and fair.

See the kitten, how she starts,
Crouches, stretches, paws and darts;
With a tiger-leap half way
Now she meets her coming prey.
Lets it go as fast, and then
Has it in her power again.

Now she works with three and four,
Like an Indian conjurer;
Quick as he in feats of art,
Gracefully she plays her part;
Yet were gazing thousands there,
What would little Tabby care?

And finally, let's join William to hear his Solitary Reaper . . .

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