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 172
ld mother linnet,Calling unto her young mong the leaves of the trees ! To see the red squirrel frisk hither and thither.And the water-rat plunging about in his mirth; And the thousand small lives that the warm SummerweatherCalls forth to rejoice on the bountiful earth ! Then the mountains, how… … And where are the flowers that in beauty are glowingIn the garden and fields of the young merry spring, Like the mountain-side wilds of the yellow broom blowing.And the old forest pride, the red wastes of the ling ? And the garden, no longer tis leafless and chilly, * But warm with the sunshine,…
