Inside Out Library · Explore

Told in the twilight (1880)

Weatherly, F. E. (Frederic Edward), 1848-1929, Edwards, Mary Ellen, 1839-ca. 1910. ill, Staples, John C. ill · New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. · leaf 20

An illustration from Told in the twilight, 1880, leaf 20 — LONDON RIVER. • All day long in the scorching weather,All day long in the winter gloom, Brother and sister stand together, She with her flowers and he with his broom. And the folks go on over London river,Poor and wealthy, busy and wise, Will nobody see those white lips quiver?Will nobody stop for… … The old bridge echoes the ceaseless thunderOf crowds that gather and stream along, And the stranger child shrinks back in wonder,She cannot sing in that hurrying throng. She thinks of her home across the ocean, With its deep blue sky and its vineyards green; But who will heed, in that wild…

Children's poetry, American

Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Told in the twilight

More like this