If All The World Were Paper

If all the world were paper,

And all the sea were ink,

And all the trees were bread and cheese,

What should we do for drink?

If all the world were sand--O!

Oh, then what should we lack--O!

If, as they say, there were no clay,

How should we take tobacco?

If all our vessels ran-a,

If none but had a crack,

If Spanish apes ate all the grapes,

How should we do for sack?

Walter Crane

Walter Crane (15 August 1845 – 14 March 1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children's book creators of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the later 19th century. Crane's work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles, wallpapers and other decorative arts. Crane is also remembered for his creation of a number of iconic images associated with the international socialist movement.

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