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rock and rill.
ROCK AND RILL.
"INTO the sunshine out of shade!"
The rill has heard the call,
And, babbling low, her answer made,—
A laugh, 'twixt slip and fall.
The rill has heard the call,
And, babbling low, her answer made,—
A laugh, 'twixt slip and fall.
Out from her cradle-roof of trees,
Over the free, rough ground!
The peaceful blue above she sees;
The cheerful green around.
Over the free, rough ground!
The peaceful blue above she sees;
The cheerful green around.
A pleasant world for running streams
To steal unnoticed through,
At play with all the sweet sky-gleams,
And nothing: else to do!
To steal unnoticed through,
At play with all the sweet sky-gleams,
And nothing: else to do!
A rock has stopped the silent rill,
And taught her how to speak:
He hinders her; she chides him still;
He loves her lispings meek.
And taught her how to speak:
He hinders her; she chides him still;
He loves her lispings meek.
