Thou waitest late, and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged Year is near his end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky... The Story of Byfield: A New England Parish - Page 13by John Louis Ewell - 1904 - 344 pagesFull view - About this book
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...drest, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. ' Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. ' Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue— blue— as if that... | |
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