Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life (1873)
Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888, Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904 · London ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 112
n the year is in its prime !Birds are by the waterfalls Dashing in the rainbow spray;Everywhere, everywhere, Light and lovely, there are tliey !Birds are in the forest old, Building in each hoary tree; BIRDS. Birds are on tlie green liills;Birds are by tlie sea! In the heather on the hill; All… … Oer the crag, and oer the peakSplintered, savage, wild, and bare, On wild wing the Bird-flocksWheel amid the air. 106 BIRDS. Wheel amid the breezy air, Singing, screaming in their flight,Callins: to their Bird-mates, In a troubleless delight!In the green and leafy wood. Where the branching ferns…
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