boy-architect

Updated: May 5, 2025

Then, as now, the children loved to sport upon the shore, and watch the inrolling waves; then, as now, the boy-architect would pile the moist sand into mimic town or castle, and when the work was finished, sweep it away again in wanton humour with foot and hand; then, as now, the little tired maiden would cling to her mother's skirt, and, trotting painfully along beside her, look up wistfully and plead with moist eyes to be carried in her arms.

James Anthony Froude - Short Studies on Great Subjects