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 137
(-; … Dear cliildien all, lejoice and smg,Like tlie glad birds, for this is Spring ILook up, the skies above are bright,And darkly blue as deep midnight;And piled-up, silvery clouds lie there,Like radiant slumberers of the air.And hark! from every bush and treeRings forth the wild-wood melody:The…
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