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 58
Their graves are green, they may be seen,The little Maid replied, Twelve steps or more from my mothers door,And they are side by side. My stockings there I often knit,My kerchief there I hem ;And there upon the ground I sit.And sing a song to them. And often after sun-set, Sir,When it is light and… … How many are yon, then, said I, If the}- two are in heaven ? Quick Avas the little Maids reply, 0 Master ! we are seven. So m the church-yard she was laid;And, when the grass was dry.Together round her grave Ave played,% brother John and I. But they are dead ; those two are dead!Their spirits are…
Children's poetry, English
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