The thistles on the sandy flats Are courtiers with crimson hats; The ragworts, growing up so straight, Are emperors who stand in state, And march about, so proud and bold, In crowns of fairy-story gold. The people passing home at night Rejoice to see the shining light; They quite forgot the sands and sea Which are as grey as grey can be, Nor even heard the gulls who cry Like peevish children in the sky.
Two Nursery Rhymes
Song Cycle by Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (1891 - 1975)
1. The ragwort
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Frances Darwin Cornford (1886 - 1960), "The ragwort", appears in Poems, first published 1910
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Researcher for this page: Ted Perry2. The dandelion
Language: English
The dandelion is brave and gay And loves to sit beside the way; A braver thing was never seen, To praise the grass for growing green; You never saw a gayer thing, To sit and smile and praise the spring. The children with their simple hearts, The lazy men that come in carts, The little dogs that lollop by, They all have seen its shining eye, Any every one of them would say They never saw a thing so gay.
Text Authorship:
- by Frances Darwin Cornford (1886 - 1960), "The dandelion", appears in Poems, first published 1910
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