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 67
So lets be merry while we may. For Time goes hurrying by.They took the sickle from the wall When morning dews shone pearly;And the mower whets the ringingscythe To cut the bearded barley. .5r^ -^m ■r<h in^ Come then into the harvest-fields; The robin sings his song;The com stands yellow on the… … ^^ ■e-
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