Living
"It"
From The Book of Joyous Children (1902)
Living
A wee little worm in a hickory-nut
Sang, happy as he could be,--
"O I live in the heart of the whole round world,
And it all belongs to me!"
Cite this poem
MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “"It".” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/344/.
Chicago
Riley, James Whitcomb. “"It".” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/344/.
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