Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 · Boston, Houghton, Osgood and company · leaf 97
cool water and lie in the shade ;But now it is night : they are waiting for you. The mooly cow only said, Moo o-o ! Mooly cow, mooly cow, where do you go, When all the green pastures are covered with snow ? so CHILD LIFE. You go to the barn, and we feed you with hay,And the maid goes to millv you… … Mooly cow, mooly cow, whisking your tail,The milkmaid is waiting, I say, with her pail ;She tucks up her petticoats, tidy and neat,And places the three-legged stool for her seat: ^What can you Ise staring at, mooly ? You knowThat we ought to have gone home an hour ago.How dark it is growing ! 0,…
Children's poetry
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