. Wordsworth for the young; selections with an introduction for parents and teachers . All day she spun in her poor dwelling:And then her three honrs work at night,Alas ! twas hardly worth the telling,It would not pay for from sheltered village-green,On a hills northern side she dwelt,Where from sea-blasts the hawthorns lean,And hoary dews are slow to melt. By the same fire to boil their pottage,Two poor old Dames, as I have known,Will often live in one small cottage ;But she, poor Woman ! housed well enough when summer came The long, warm, lightsome summer-day,
. Wordsworth for the young; selections with an introduction for parents and teachers . All day she spun in her poor dwelling:And then her three honrs work at night,Alas ! twas hardly worth the telling,It would not pay for from sheltered village-green,On a hills northern side she dwelt,Where from sea-blasts the hawthorns lean,And hoary dews are slow to melt. By the same fire to boil their pottage,Two poor old Dames, as I have known,Will often live in one small cottage ;But she, poor Woman ! housed well enough when summer came The long, warm, lightsome summer-day, Then at her door the canty Dame Would sit, as any linnet, gay. But when the ice our streams did fetter,C) then how her old bones would shake !You would have said, if you had met her,Twas a hard time for Goody evenings then were dull and dead :Sad case it was. as 3ou may verv cold to go to bed ;And then for cold not sleep a GOODY BLAKE AND HARBY GILL. 85 O joy for her ! wheneer in winterThe winds at night had made a routxd scattered many a lusty splinterAnd many a rotten bough never had she, well or sick,As every man who knew her says,A pile beforehand, turf or stick,Enough to warm her for three days. Now, when the frost was past made her poor old bones to anything be more alluringThan an old hedge to Goody Blake ?And, now and then, it must be said,When her old bones were cold and chill,She left her hre, or lelt her bed,To seek the hedge of Harry Gill. Now Harry he had long suspectedThis trespass of old Goody Blake ;And vowed that she should be detected -That he on her would vengeance oft from his warm tire hed to the fields his road would take ;And there, at night, in frost and snow,He watched to seize old Goody Blake. And once, behind a rick of barley,.Thus looking out did Harry stand :The moon was full and shining clearly,And crisp with frost the stu
Size: 1703px × 1467px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherbostondlothropcomp
