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 173
rs, the moss-rose and the bright tiger-lily,Barbaric in pomp as an Ethiop queen. 166 SUMMER. The beautiful flowers, all colours combining,— The larkspur, the pink, and the sweet mignonette, And the blue fleur-de-lis, in the warm sunlight shining,As if grains of gold in its petals were set! Yes, the…
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