by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
I dreamt I caught a little owl
Language: English
"I dreamt I caught a little owl And the bird was blue--" "But you may hunt for ever And not find such a one." "I dreamt I set a sunflower, And red as blood it grew--" "But such a sunflower never Bloomed beneath the sun."
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-02
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