1201. A Little Boy's Vain Regret by Edith Matilda Thomas. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1201. A Little Boy’s Vain Regret

By Edith Matilda Thomas


HE was six years old, just six that day,
And I saw he had something important to say
As he held in his hand a broken toy.
He looked in my face for an instant, and then
He said, with a sigh, and a downcast eye,	5
“If I could live my life over again,
I think I could be a better boy!”