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 114
ning, Wakes the mavis and the merle;Wakes the cuckoo on the bough; Wakes the jay with ruddy breast;Wakes the mother ring-dove, Brooding on her nest! O the sunny summer-time ! O the leafy summer-time !Merry is the Birds life, When the year is in its prime!Some are strong and some are weak ; Some… … Do we wake; or do we sleep; Go our fancies in a crowdAfter many a dull care— Birds are singing loud !Sing then, linnet; sing then, wren ; Merle and mavis, sing your fill; 108 BIRDS. And thou, rapturous skylark,Sing and soar up from the hill! Sing, O nightingale, and pourOut for us sweet fancies new…
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