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 35
how my heart ran oer with joy I I saw that all was good,And that we might glean up delight All round us, if we would ! And many a wood-mouse dwelleth there, Beneath the old wood shade.And all day long has work to do. Nor is of aught afraid. The green shoots grow above their heads. And roots so… … First of the months comes Janivier,The coldest month of all the year;When days are short and nights are long;When snows fall deep and frost is strong;When Wealth by fires doth count his gold,And Want stands shiverinfr all a-cold. -Vv^^^^^i^^^^ Wet February next comes by, With chill damp earth and…
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