Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 · Boston, Houghton, Osgood and company · leaf 157
ket, red cap, And white owls feather I — William Allingham. CASTLES IN THE AIR. The bonnie, bonnie bairn Who sits with careless grace,Glowring in the fire. With his wee, round face.Laughing at the gusty flame, — What sees he there ?Ha ! the young dreamer Builds castles in the air. His Avee, chubby… … He sees lofty towers Rising to the moon !He sees httle soldiers Pulling them all down.Worlds rushing up and down, Blazing with a flare, —See how he leaps, As they glimmer in the air. For all so sage he looks.What can the laddie ken ? Hes thinking upon nothing ;Like many miglity men. PICTURES,…
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