The monitions of the unseen, and poems of love and childhood (1871) (14765299121)

Identifier: monitionsofunsee00inge (find matches)
Title: The monitions of the unseen, and poems of love and childhood
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Ingelow, Jean, 1820-1897
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Publisher: Boston, Roberts brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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There must be something wrong.Look to it: let us mend our ways. Farewell.
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In sloping fields on narrow plains,The sheep were feeding on their knees, As we went through the winding lanes,Strewed with red buds of alder trees- 33 A BIRTHDAY WALK.(written por a friends birthday.) ** The days of our life are threescore years and ten. A BIRTHDAY : — and now a day that roseWith much of hope, with meaning rife —A thoughtful day from dawn to close :The middle day of human life. In sloping fields on narrow plains, The sheep were feeding on their knees. As we went through the winding lanes.Strewed with red buds of alder-trees. 34 A BIRTHDAY WALK, So warm the day — its influence lentTo flagging thought a stronger wing; So utterly was winter spent. So sudden was the birth of spring. Wild crocus flowers in copse and hedge —In sunlight, clustering thick below. Sighed for the firwoods shaded ledge,Where sparkled yet a line of snow. And crowded snowdrops faintly hungTheir fair heads lower for the heat. While in still air all branches flungTheir shadowy doubles at our