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 33
and ye shall see them all, The timid and the bold;For their sweet life of pleasantness, It is not to be told. And far within that summer wood,Among the leaves so gTeen, There flows a little gurgling brook,The brightest eer was seen. 26 SUMMER WOODS. There come the little gentle birds, Without a… … Ive seen the freakish squirrels dropDown from their leafy tree, The little squirrels with the old,—Great joy it was to me ! And down unto the running brook, Ive seen them nimbly go;And the bright water seemed to speak A welcome kind and low. SUMMER WOODS. The nodding plants they bowed their lieads,…
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