Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894, Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, illus · New York, Scribner · leaf 157
s,Safe in each egg are the Birds little babies. [96] Soon the frail eggs they shallChip, and upspringing Make all the April woodsMerry with singing. Younger than we are,O children, and frailer, Soon in blue air they 11 be,Singer and sailor. We, so much older, Taller and stronger,We shall look down… … Ill THE FLOWERS A LL the names I know from nurse:Gardeners garters, Shepherds purse,Bachelors buttons, Ladys smock,And the Lady Hollyhock. Fairy places, fairy things, Fairy woods where the wild bee wings, Tiny trees for tiny dames — These must all be fairy names! [98] All the names 1 know from…
Children's poetry, English · Poetry
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