The Ultimate Ideal

It's Saturday morning, half past nine;
Nothing to do, the world is mine.
Did I say nothing? Oh, no, not quite - -
There's painting!
I’ll paint all day and I’ll paint all night.
A Madonna and Child,
A Bird on the Wing;
A Village in Autumn,
A Valley in Spring.
The world is my palette,
I’ll set it afire
With yellow, rose, amber,
In tones of desire.
Inspired with colour, I’ll radiate peace,
Or sadness, or happiness or joy without cease.
Oh, that the weekend were as long as the week!
Then I could paint and paint as much as I speak.

D. Williams, 4A


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