Dawn Anne McClure (7/2/2018 7:33:00 AM) The most Beautiful Doll in The World As a very young girl , I learnt this poem. Rebecca's Light Scrive. Splendida! Water Babies. We bob, we bob discarded corks of a king gone mad Pale oceanic arms wrap us in frothing swells Our soft pink fists bleed warmth into the wet. Tale for a Land Baby” ( see here), the children’s novel written by Charles Kingsley, we can read the following poem, which […] Like Liked by 2 people. It reminds me summer holidays at her house in the late 1950s. by Colleen Anderson. But we do not know what one-tenth of the water-things eat, so we are not answerable for the water-babies. The book was extremely popular during its day, and was a … Read Chapter IV of The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley. Report Reply. Our cries, our cries not drowned by roaring waves crescendo in outrage Freeze the marrow of sentries on the shores Mewling we flail at the mad king’s spume. The text begins: So the salmon went up, after Tom had warned them of the wicked old otter; and Tom went down, but slowly and cautiously, coasting along the shore. Jul 12, 2014 - Explore Pandora Sheraden's board "Illustrations-"Water Babies"" on Pinterest. See more ideas about illustrators, illustration, fairy tales. Water Babies. Water Babies. We bob, we bob discarded corks of a king gone mad Pale oceanic arms wrap us in frothing swells Our soft pink fists bleed warmth into the wet. I didn't realise it came from the" water Babies" Report Reply. Our cries, our cries not drowned by roaring waves crescendo in outrage Freeze the marrow of sentries on the shores Mewling we flail at the mad king’s spume. The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. 27 October 2020 at 20:07 Reply. by Colleen Anderson. And in the water-forest he saw the water-monkeys and water-squirrels (they had all six legs, though; everything almost has six legs in the water, except efts and water-babies); and nimbly enough they ran among the branches. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. Member Poem. To- day it still evokes, emotions that I had all those 65 years past.