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 60
ld a vessel good ! The Oak-tree of the forest Both east and west shall fly;And the blessings of a thousand lands Upon our ship shall lie !She shall not be a man-of-war, Nor a pirate shall she be ;—But a noble. Christian merchant-ship, To sail upon the sea. Then sing for the Oak-tree,The monarch of…
