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 93
I LOVE those pictures that we see At times in some old gallery. Hung amid armed men of old, And antique ladies quaint and colJ ; Mong furious battle-pieces, dire With agony, and blood, and fire;—■ Flower-pictures, painted long ago, Thougli worn and old, and dimmed of glow, I love them, although…
