Boy's Song WHERE the pools are bright and deep, Up the river and over the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the blackbird sings the latest, Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest, Where the nestlings chirp and flee, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the mowers mow the cleanest, Where the hazel bank is steepest, * Two stanzas omitted. James Hogg. THE WEATHER A Weather Rule IF the evening's red and the morning gray, If the evening's gray and the morning's red, Two Promises CANDLEMAS (February 2) F Candlemas Day be fair and bright, IF Winter will have another flight; If on Candlemas Day it be shower and rain, ST. SWITHIN (July 15) ST. T. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, Signs of Foul Weather THE hollow winds begin to blow ; The clouds look black, the glass is low; Old Rhymes. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Hark! how the chairs and tables crack, The frog has chang'd his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is drest. The sky is green, the air is still, The mellow blackbird's voice is shrill. They imitate the gliding kite, Then wades through clouds to mount the skies. "Twill surely rain, we see't with sorrow, No working in the fields to-morrow. THE WINDS Dr. Jenner. The Four Winds HE South wind brings wet weather, THE The North wind wet and cold together; The West wind always brings us rain, The East wind blows it back again. Old Rhyme. The Wind in a Frolic THE wind one morning sprang up from sleep, Saying, "Now for a frolic! now for a leap! Now for a madcap galloping chase! I'll make a commotion in every place!" 663424 |