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 44
THE MILL-STREAM. Long trails of cistus-flowers Creej) on the rocky hill;And beds of strong spear-mint Grow round about the mill;And from a mountain tarn above, As peaceful as a dream,Like to child unruly,Though schooled and counselled truly. Foams down the wild Mill-stream I … iG ^T —^ 38 THE MILL-STREAM. The wild Mill-stream it leapetliIn merriment away, And keeps the miller and his sonRight busy all the day ! Into the mad Mill-stream The mountain-roses fall;And fern and adders-tongue Grow on the old mill wall.The tarn is on the upland moor, Where not a leaf doth grow…
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