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 27
THE NETTLE-KING. It was in a wood both drear and dank, Where giew tlie Nettle so broad and rank; And an owl sat up in an old ash-tree That was wasting away so silently; And a raven was perched above his head, And both of them heard what the Nettle-kini^ said ; 21