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 160
MORNING THOUGHTS. The summer sun is shining Upon a world so bright!The dew upon each grassy blade,The golden light, the depth of shade,All seem as they were only made To minister delight. MORNING THOUGHTS. From giant trees, strong-branched,And all their veined leaves ; From little birds that madly… … I think of angel-voices When the birds songs I hear;Of that celestial city, brightWith jacinth, gold, and chrysolite.When, with its blazing pomp of light, The morning doth appear ! 154 MORNING THOUGHTS. I think of that great River That from the Throne flows free; Of weary pilgrims on its brink,…
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