Violet! Violet! Lady May! "

Here and there, with her shrill, sweet shout,

At last she had driven the sheep all out;

Then she carefully shut the five-barred gate;

And little Boy Blue, with his curly pate,

Still untroubled by aught like sheep,

Lay 'neath the hay-stack fast asleep.

Oh, what is that rustling amongst the corn?

Oh! little Boy Blue, come blow your horn!

"The cows are eating the golden grain!"