. The golden staircase: poems and verses for children . [)M)SpoQNer] I ~ = THE STORM CAME ON BEFORE ITS TIME :SHE WANDERED Up AND DOWN; •/.•/-.*/: „ 11 THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE 171 They wept—and, turning homeward, cried, In Heaven we all shall meet;—When in the snow the mother spied The print of Lucys feet. Then downwards from the steep hills edgeThey tracked the footmarks small; And through the broken hawthorn hedge,And by the long stone wall; And then an open field they crossed : The marks were still the same;They tracked them on, nor ever lost; And to the bridge they came. They followed from th
. The golden staircase: poems and verses for children . [)M)SpoQNer] I ~ = THE STORM CAME ON BEFORE ITS TIME :SHE WANDERED Up AND DOWN; •/.•/-.*/: „ 11 THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE 171 They wept—and, turning homeward, cried, In Heaven we all shall meet;—When in the snow the mother spied The print of Lucys feet. Then downwards from the steep hills edgeThey tracked the footmarks small; And through the broken hawthorn hedge,And by the long stone wall; And then an open field they crossed : The marks were still the same;They tracked them on, nor ever lost; And to the bridge they came. They followed from the snowy bank Those footmarks, one by one,Into the middle of the plank; And further there were none 1 —Yet some maintain that to this day She is a living child ;That you may see sweet Lucy Gray Upon the lonesome wild. Oer rough and smooth she trips along, And never looks behind;And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea;And the s
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