Gordon, Katharine Parker, Mother · Boston : Samuel G. Simpkins · leaf 26
d gay by summer showers ;Resting on beds of mignionette,Or hidins with the violet. But if the power were given to meTo be a busy, humming bee,I d spread my wings and float away,Far from the garden bright and gay,And seek the meadow and the glade,Or wing me to the wild-woods shade. SONG. 23 Of all… … THE DISCONTENTED CHILD. The gloomy clouds hang over us, There s not a spot of blue ;I know a storm is coming on, 0 dear, what shall I do ! I am so disappointed now, 1 cannot go to walk ; I shall not see dear Anna Dale,Or hear her laugh and talk, Mamma, 1 wish I was a bird.How quickly 1 would fly…
Children's poetry
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