. Wordsworth for the young; selections with an introduction for parents and teachers . Then, settling into fond rested in the garden bower ;While sweetly shone the evening sunIn his departing hour. We told oer all that we had done, —Our rambles by the swift brooks sideFar as the willow-skirted pool,Where two fair swans tosrether THE MOTHERS BETUBN. 21 We talked of change, of winter gone,Of green leaves on the hawthorn spray,Of birds that build their nests and sing,And all since Mother went away! To her these tales they will repeat,To her our new-born tribes will show,The

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. Wordsworth for the young; selections with an introduction for parents and teachers . Then, settling into fond rested in the garden bower ;While sweetly shone the evening sunIn his departing hour. We told oer all that we had done, —Our rambles by the swift brooks sideFar as the willow-skirted pool,Where two fair swans tosrether THE MOTHERS BETUBN. 21 We talked of change, of winter gone,Of green leaves on the hawthorn spray,Of birds that build their nests and sing,And all since Mother went away! To her these tales they will repeat,To her our new-born tribes will show,The goslings green, the asss lambs that in the meadow go. — But, see, the evening star comes forth!To bed the children must depart;A moments heaviness they feel,A sadness at the heart:

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