Wordsworth for the young; selections with an introduction for parents and teachers (1891)
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850, St. John, Cynthia Morgan, 1852-1919, comp · Boston, D. Lothrop company · leaf 104
vlVif- Kvidi %^ Up to the tavern-door we post;Of Alice and her grief I told;And I gave money to the host,To buy a new cloak for the old. And let it be of duffel gray,As warm a cloak as man can sell!Proud cTPature Avas she the next day,The little orphan, Alice Fell! PART II. FOR OLDER CHILDREN. … IMPROMPTU. The sun has long been set, The stars are out by twos and threes,The little birds are piping yet Among the bushes and trees ;Theres a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes,And a far-off wind that rushes.And a sound of water that gushes, And the cuckoos sovereign cryFills all the hollow of the…
Children's poetry, English
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