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 170
They may boast of the spring-time, whenflowers are the fairest,And biids sing by thousands on every greentree;They may call it the loveliest, the greenest, therarest;—But the Summers the season thats dearestto me! The brightness of sunshine; the depth of the shadows;The crystal of waters; the…
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