Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894, Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915, ill · London : Macmillan · leaf 32
Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush,Dead at the foot of a snowberry bush,-Weave him a coffin of rush,Dig him a grave where the soft mosses grow,Raise him a tombstone of snow. 10 … I dug and dug amongst the snow, And thought the flowers would never grow ; I dug and dug amongst the sand, And still no green thing came to hand. Melt, O snow ! the warm winds blow .To thaw the flowers and melt the snow ;But all the winds from every landWill rear no blossom from the sand. ii
Nursery rhymes
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