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 85
My sheep upon the uplands fed,And it was fit that thence I tookWhereof to buy us bread. Do this : how can we give to you, They cried, ■ what to the poor is due ? I sold a sheep, as they had said,And bought my little children bread.And they were healthy with their food;For me — it never did me… … THE LAST OF THE FLOCK. 75 The pretty flock which I hadreared With all mj care and pains, To see it melt like snow-away — Por me it was a woeful day. VII. Another still! and still an-other !A little lamb, and then its mother!It was a vein that never stopped —Like blood-drops from my heart they…
Children's poetry, English
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