Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill, Speed, Lancelot, 1860-1931, ill · New York, Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 110
e from the Cuckoo-bird,Breaking the silence of the seasAmong the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ?- Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off tilings, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow,… … I listened, motionless and still;And, as I mounted up the hillThe music in my heart I bore,Long after it was heard no more. ^Y. Wordsworth 92 TO BLOSSOMS Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past;But you may stay yet here a while, To blush and gently smile…
English poetry · Children's poetry
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