Children of the sun, etc., etc., etc. : poems for the young (1869)
Gemmer, C. M. (Caroline M.) · London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford · leaf 138
ering pots are emptied on it,Withered twigs are lopped away; And the shade of Marys bonnetFlits about it day by day. Never mind ! It is a pear tree,Though we cannot see the pears, Tended by a garden fairy,In the evening of its years. Never mind ! The pears are coming,Always with the last new shoot… … 134 CHILDREN OF THE SUN. OVER THE SEA. Birds are flying across the seas,To our island of rain and dew,And children are running under the trees,To welcome the first cuckoo. Over the seas, when skies are blue,I come again—Cuckoo, cuckoo!And they mimic his cry,Now low, now high,Crying, Welcome back,…
Children's poetry, English
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