Four ducks on a pond,
A grass-bank beyond,
A blue sky of spring,
White clouds on the wing:
What a little thing
To remember for years -
To remember with tears!
Source: A Memory
-- William Allingham, (Mar 19 1824-1889), Irish poet, editor; He was editor of Fraser, 1874-79; his volumes of verse include The Fairies, 1883.