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 82
about;For it we wish the sun to shine, For it the rain to fall;Good lack ! for who is j)Oor doth make Great count of what is small! The goodly, kindly Flax-flower ! It groweth on the hill,And be the breeze awake or sleep, It never standeth still!It seemeth all astir with life, As if it loved to…
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