A Little Pretty Pocket-book/Flying the Kite

by John Newbery

Flying the Kite

Upheld in Air, the gaudy Kite,
⁠High as an Eagle takes her Flight;
But if the Winds their Breath restrain,
⁠She tumbles headlong down again.

Rule of Life.

Soon as thou seest the Dawn of Day,
To God thy Adoration pay.