The Old Man’s Story (Mary Botham Howitt Poems)
There was an old and quiet man,And by the fire sate he,"And now," he said, "to you I'll tellA dismal ...
There was an old and quiet man,And by the fire sate he,"And now," he said, "to you I'll tellA dismal ...
Nay, only look what I have found!A Sparrow's nest upon the ground;A Sparrow's nest as you may see,Blown out of ...
The earth is old! Six thousand ears,Are gone since I had birth;In the forests of the olden time,And the solitude's ...
'Tis night! Oh, now come forth to gazeUpon the heavens, intense and bright!Look on yon myriad worlds, and say,Though beauty ...
The clock is on the stroke of six,The Father's work is done;Sweep up the hearth and mend the fire,And put ...
Oh the Broom, the yellow Broom,The ancient poet sung it,And dear it is on summer daysTo lie at rest among ...
I love the sunshine everywhere —In wood, and field, and glen;I love it in the busy hauntsOf town-imprison'd men.I love ...
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