Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 · Boston, Houghton, Osgood and company · leaf 211
Over the river and through the wood,Trot fast, my dapple-gray !Spring over the ground,Like a hunting-hound !For this is Thanlisgiving-Day. Over the river and through the wood.And straight through the barn-yard gate.We seem to goExtremely slow, —It is so hard to wait ! Over the river and through the… … THE CLOCKING HEN TViLL you take a walk with me, My little wife, to-cluy ?There s barley in the liarley-field, And hay-seed in the hay. Thank you, said the clocking lieu/I Ve something else to do ; I m busy sitting on my eggs,I cannot walk with you. Clock, clock, clock, clock, Said the clocking hen…
Children's poetry
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