Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, ill · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 30
ay flowers, all drenched withdew; and instead of the groaning of the pit-engine,they heard the skylark saying his matins high up in [ 22] THE WATER-BABIES the air, and the pit-bird warbling in the sedges, as hehad warbled all night long. All else was silent. For old Mrs. Earth was stillfast asleep;… … which were about were fast asleep likewise, and sotired that they had lain down on the earth to rest,in long white flakes and bars, among the stems ofthe elm-trees, and along the tops of the alders bythe stream, waiting for the sun to bid them rise andgo about their days business in the clear blue…
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