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 31
. Just then came up a woodman stout,— In the thick of the wood he was peering about; The Nettle looked up, the Nettle looked down, And graciously smiled on the simple clown: Thou knowest me well, Sir Clo^\^l, said he, And tis meet that thou reverence one like me ! Nothing at all the man replied.…