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 62
SUNSHINE. I love it when it streameth in The humble cottage door,And casts the chequered casement shade Upon the red-brick floor. 55 … I love it when the children lie Deep in the clovery grass,To watch among the twining roots The gold-green beetles pass. I love it on the breezy sea, To crlance on sail and oar,While the great waves, like molten glass, Come leaping to the shore. I love it on the mountain-tops,Where rests the…
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