What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare!
No time to stand beneath the boughs Bough = A branch of a tree
And stare as long as sheep or cows. Stare= Looking hard..intensly
No time to see, when woods we pass, When woods we pass= walk past
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
Squirrels= Small animals, live in
trees with long tails.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance, Glance= a quick look
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
Enrich = increase of
some desirable quality.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.