I leave to children exclusively,
but only for the life of their childhood,
all and every the dandelions of the fields
and the daisies thereof,
with the right to play among them freely,
according to the custom of children,
warning them at the same time against the thistles.
And I devise to children
the yellow shores of creeks
and the golden sands beneath the water thereof,
with the dragon flies that skim the surface of said waters,
and and the odors of the willows that dip into said waters,
and the white clouds that float on high above the giant trees.
~Williston Fish, "A Last Will," 1898
Image: Muhammad Muheisen, Photo Journalist
but only for the life of their childhood,
all and every the dandelions of the fields
and the daisies thereof,
with the right to play among them freely,
according to the custom of children,
warning them at the same time against the thistles.
And I devise to children
the yellow shores of creeks
and the golden sands beneath the water thereof,
with the dragon flies that skim the surface of said waters,
and and the odors of the willows that dip into said waters,
and the white clouds that float on high above the giant trees.
~Williston Fish, "A Last Will," 1898
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