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 144
oy of heart, and health.Ere long each bank whereon ye lookWill be to you an open book.And flowers, by the Creator writ,Tlie characters inscribed on it! Come, let us forth unto the fields !Unceasing joy the season yields;Why should we tarry within door ?Behold ! the children of the poorAre out, all… … ^« REST-HARROW. On the broomy hills, Where the wild thyme blowetli,There the red Rest-haiTOw In its beauty groweth ; Where the slender hare-bellIs the blue-skys feUow, 138 • KEST-HARROW. And the little liawkweedsSpread their stars of yellow; Where the sky-lark buildsIts nest amongst the yarrow,…
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