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 80
the mountain-tops no kinder could have been. Thou knowst that twice a day I have brought thee in this canFresh water from the brook, as clear as ever ran; It will not, will not rest!—Poor creature,can it be That tis thy mothers heart which is work-ing so in thee ? Things that I know not of belike… … The little brooks that seem all pastime and all play,When they are angry, roar like lions for their prey. Here thou needst not dread the raven in the sky ;jSiight and day thou art safe, —our cottage is hard by.Wliy bleat so after me ? Why pull so at thy chain ?Sleep — and at break of day I will…
Children's poetry, English
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