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 106
its rocks. Its woods, and that uncertain heaven received Into the bosom of the steady lake. This boy was taken from his mates, and diedIn childhood, ere he was full twelve years old.Fair is the spot, most beautiful the valeWhere he was born and bred: the church-yard hangsUpon a slope above the… … SO FAIR, SO SWEET, WITHAL SO SENSITIVE. vSo fair, so sweet, withal so sensitive.Would that the little Flowers were born to live,Conscious of half the pleasui-e which they give;That to this mountain-daisys self were knownThe beauty of its star-shaped shadow, thrownOn the smooth surface of this naked…
Children's poetry, English
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