by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901)

Under the window is my garden
Language: English 
Under the window is my garden,
  Where sweet, sweet flowers grow;
And in the pear-tree dwells a robin,
  The dearest bird I know.

Tho' I peep out betimes in the morning,
  Still the flowers are up the first;
Then I try and talk to the robin,
  And perhaps he'd chat -- if he durst.

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Confirmed with Kate Greenaway, Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, New York: George Routledge & Sons, [1880], page 15.


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