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Very likely they sympathized with him more than they let him know ; they encouraged his reading , and the father directed his taste as far as might be , especially in poetry . The boy liked to make poetry , but he preferred to read prose , though he listened to the poems his father read aloud , so as to learn how they were made . He learned certain pieces by heart , like `` The Turk lay dreaming of the hour , '' and `` Pity the sorrows of a poor old man , '' and he was fond of some passages that his father wished him to know in Thomson 's `` Seasons . '' There were some of Moore 's songs , too , that he was fond of , such as `` When in death I shall calm recline , '' and `` It was noon and on flowers that ranged all around . '' He learned these by heart , to declaim at school , where he spoke , `` On the banks of the Danube fair Adelaide hied , '' from Campbell ; but he could hardly speak the `` Soldier 's Dream '' for the lump that came into his throat at the lines , `` My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er , And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart . '' ` Stay , stay with us ! Stay !