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 187
. And remember its by-gone story. We sat in the shade of its mighty trees, When the summer noon was glowing.And heard in the depths of its undergrowth The pebbly waters flowing. 180 CHILDHOOD. We quenched our thirst at the forest-well; We ate of the forest berry;And the time we spent in the good… … ■ ^^^-^;■^ I ^.^^< ^-*^^«<*^-
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