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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LITTLE SPRING, by ELIZA LEE CABOT FOLLEN Poet's Biography First Line: Beneath a green and mossy bank Last Line: Its little ray of gladness throw. | |||
BENEATH a green and mossy bank There flows a clear and fairy stream; There the pert squirrel oft has drank, And thought, perhaps, 't was made for him. Their pitchers there the labourers fill, As drop by drop the crystals flow, Singing their silvery welcome still To all who to the fountain go. Then to the river on it glides, Its tributary drop to bear; Its modest head a moment hides, Then rises up and sparkles there. The touching lesson on my heart Falls like the gentle dews of heaven, Bids me with humble love impart The little treasure God has given. For from a source as small as this Full many a cup of joy may flow, And on the stream of human bliss Its little ray of gladness throw. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LULLABY by ELIZA LEE CABOT FOLLEN ON THE DEATH OF A BEAUTIFUL GIRL by ELIZA LEE CABOT FOLLEN TO MY AEOLIAN HARP, AS IT WAS PLAYING ON A COLD, STORMY DAY by ELIZA LEE CABOT FOLLEN WINTER SCENES IN THE COUNTRY by ELIZA LEE CABOT FOLLEN FRAGMENT by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE MEMORY OF MARTHA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR NATURE'S QUESTIONING by THOMAS HARDY FOR AN ALLEGORICAL DANCE OF WOMEN (BY ANDREA MANTEGNA) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE SEA-LIMITS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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