THE BOY AND THESKYLARK A FABLE … II A WICKED action fear to do, When you are by yourself; for though You think you can conceal it,A little bird thats in the airThe hidden trespass shall declare And openly reveal it. Richard this saying oft had heard,Until the sight of any bird Would set his heart a-quaking;He saw a host of winged…
Children's poetry, English
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