Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898 · Boston : [J. Wilson & Son, University Press] · leaf 66
s of vapor through Lothbury glide,And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside. Green pastures she views in the midst of the dale.Down which slie so often has tripped with her pail;And a single small cottage, a nest like a doves,The one only dwelling on earth that she loves. She looks, and… … So mate, no comrade, Lucy knew ; She dwelt on a wide moor,The sweetest thing that ever grew Besfde a human door. 48 LUCY (iRAY; OK, SOLITUDE. To-night will be a stormy night, —You to the town must go ; And take a lantenu child! to lightYour mother througli the snow. That, father, will I gladh- do…
Children's poetry
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