She is a living child;
That you may see sweet Lucy Gray
Upon the lonesome wild.
O’er rough and smooth she trips along,
And never looks behind;
And sings a solitary song
That whistles in the wind.
Phrase Exercise.
1. Crossed the wild.—2. Solitary child.—3. Sweetest thing.—4. Minster clock.—5. Snapped a fagot-band.—6. Plied his work.—7. Not blither is the mountain roe.—8. Wanton stroke.—9. Disperse the powdery snow.—10. Wretched parents.—11. Sound nor sight.—12. Spied the print.—13. Tracked them on.—14. Lonesome wild.—15. Trips along.—16. Solitary song.