Taylor, Jane, 1783-1824, Taylor, Ann, 1782-1866 · Philadelphia : T. Ash · leaf 29
mantle of cloud, Dark vapours roll over the sky;The wind through the wood hollows hoarsely and loud, And sea-birds across the land fly. Come in, little Charles, for the snow patters down, No paths in the garden remain;The streets and the houses are white in the town, And white are the fields and… … But how many wretches without house or home Are wandering naked and pale:Obligd on the snow-coverd common to roam, And piercd by the pitiless gale ; No house for their shelter, no victuals to eat, No beds for their limbs to repose;Or a crust dry and mouldy, the best of their meat, And their pillow,…
Children's poetry, English
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