beside. Little white Lily droopeth for pain,Waiting and waiting for the wret rain.Little white Lily holdeth her cup;Rain is fast falling and filling it up. Little white Lily said, Good again,When I am thirsty to have nice rain;Now I am stronger, now I am cool;Heat cannot burn me, my veins are so… … BUTTERCUPS and daisies— Oh, the pretty flowers!Coming, ere the springtime, To tell of sunny hours!While the trees are leafless, While the fields are bare,Buttercups and daisies Spring up here and there. Ere the snowdrop peepeth, Ere the crocus bold,Ere the early primrose Opes its paly…
Children's poetry
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