Shining pins that dart and click
In the firesides sheltered peace
Check the thoughts the cluster thick -
20 plain and then decrease.
He was brave well, so was I
Keen and merry, but his lip
Quivered when he said good-bye
Purl the seam-stitch, purl and slip.
Never used to living rough,
Lots of things hed got to learn;
Wonder if hes warm enough
Knit 2, catch 2, knit, turn.
Hark! The paper-boys again!
Wish that shout could be suppressed;
Keeps one always on the strain
Knit off 9, and slip the rest.
Wonder if hes fighting now,
What hes done an where hes been;
Hell come out on top somehow
Slip 1, knit 2, purl 14.
