Versos English Josephine Preston Peabody Iii

English poem

Iii

by (1874–1922)

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Why you,--O Precious Thing, You are swift (almost) as any Sparrow.-- Over the tall grass how you arch and spring, Yes, like a bow and arrow!-- Oh, and how good to see you, when it snows, Plough a long, lovely pathway with your nose! (No one grown-up could do it, I suppose.)