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 39
des the heather, And thistle-down floats like a feather. Dark on the earth November lies ;Cloud, fog, and storm oergloom the skies;The matted leaves lie neath our tread.And hollow winds wail overhead ;Pile up the hearth,—its heartsome blazeCheers, like a sun, the darkest days I The year it groweth…
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