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 119
THE FLOWER-LESSON. HI Where the birds build all unhurt,Grew this flower. MARION. Tis money-wort.Well I love those shady nooks,Love this flower, and love those brooks.This,—the water-violet,— AMY. In a meadow-pool we met.Where the stately water-lilyLay so marble-like and stilly ! MARION.This,—oh,… … Mmm^- MARION. Where the spicy sweet-gale springs,And afar its odour flings ;All amongst the mosses many,On those wilds so brown and fenny, Mongst the wortlc-berries crude, In a trackless solitude. Shining out, like sunshine yellow, In a picture old and mellow, THE FLOWER-LESSON. 113 Lay the beds of…
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