Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 · Boston, Houghton, Osgood and company · leaf 51
er me.And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree.It walks on the water, and whirls the mills,And talks to itself on the tops of the hills. You, friendly Earth ! how far do you go With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow. With cities and gardens, and cliffs, and isles And people upon… … You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot;You can love and think, and the Earth cannot ! — Lilliput, Lectures. OVT OF DOORS. 36 THE COrNTRY CHILD With mingled treni))ling and delight, And slowl} falling feet, A little country maiden now I^ passing down the street : A country child, — I…
Children's poetry
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