LITTLE MR. BY-AND-BY.

 LITTLE Mr. By-and-By,

You will mark him by his cry,

And the way he loiters when

Called again and yet again,

Glum¹ if he must leave his play,

Though all time be holiday.

Little Mr. By-and-By,

Eyes cast down and mouth awry²!

In the mountains of the moon

He is known as Pretty Soon;

And he is cousin to Don’t Care,

As no doubt you’re well aware.

Little Mr. By-and-By

Always has a fretful “Why?”

When he’s asked to come or go;

Like his sister—Susan Slow.

Hope we’ll never, you or I,

Be like Mr. By-and-By.

1 glum   

adj.闷闷不乐的，阴郁的

参考例句：

• He was a charming mixture of glum and glee.他是一个很有魅力的人，时而忧伤时而欢笑。
• She laughed at his glum face.她嘲笑他闷闷不乐的脸。

2 awry   

adj.扭曲的，错的

参考例句：

• She was in a fury over a plan that had gone awry. 计划出了问题，她很愤怒。
• Something has gone awry in our plans.我们的计划出差错了。