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 63
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… … And when it shines in forest-glades, Hidden, and green, and cool,Through moss}^ boughs and veined leaves, How is it beautiful! How beautiful on little streams.When sun and shade, at play, Make silvery meshes, while the brook-Goes singing on its way. SUNSHINE. 57 How beautiful, where dragon-flies…
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