Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 · Boston, Houghton, Osgood and company · leaf 202
ped the colors round his breast On a lalood-red field of Spain And one — oer her the myrtle showers Its leaves by soft winds fanned ;She faded midst Italian flowers— The last of that fair band. And parted thus, they rest who played Beneath the same green tree ;Whose voices mingled as they prayed… … THE CHILDRENS HOUR. Between the dark and the daylight,When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the days occupationsThat is known as the Childrens Hour. 186 CHILD LIFE. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of Httle feet,The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and…
Children's poetry
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