CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing thro'.
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads,
The wind is passing by.
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MILKING TIME
CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI
When the cows come home the milk is coming;
Honey's made while the bees are humming;
Duck and drake on the rushy lake,
And the deer live safe in the breezy brake;
And timid, funny, pert little bunny
Winks his nose, and sits all sunny.
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William Brighty Rands (1823-1882), an English author writing under the name of "Matthew Browne," produced in his Lilliput Lyrics a juvenile masterpiece containing much verse worthy to live. The two poems that follow are decidedly successful in catching that elusive something called the child's point of view.
THE PEDDLER'S CARAVAN
WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS