Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 · Boston, Houghton, Osgood and company · leaf 101
farm-))oy goes.His shadow lengthens along the land,A giant staff in a giant hand ;In the poplar-tree, above the spring.The katydid begins to sing ; The early dews are falling ; — <Into the stone-heap darts the mink ;The swallows skim the rivers brink ;And home to the woodland fly the crows.When… … -■^i-J^fu^ Into tlie yard the farmer goes. With grateful heart, at the close of day : Harness and chain are hung away ; In the wagon-shed stand yoke and plough ; The straws in the stack, the hay in the mow, The cooling dews arc falling ; —The friendly sheep his welcome bleat,The prgs come grunting…
Children's poetry
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