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 28
hion of snow-Round as a pillow, and whiter than milk,And softer than if it were covered with silk.Sometimes hell hide in the cave of a rock.Then whistles as shrill as the buzzard cock;— Yet seek him,—and what shall you find in the place ?Nothing but silence and empty space;Save, in a corner, a heap… … And cracked the branches, and strewn them about;Heaven grant that he spare but that one upright twig1 That looked up at the sky so proud and big
Children's poetry, English
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