 ... plays touchingly on the flute, and sings his own songs to his own tunes with striking energy or tenderness." He certainly enjoyed his life as a postman. He says: — O, the postman's life is as happy a life As any one's, I trow ; Wand'ring away where...  Poems - Side 157av Edward Capern - 1856 - 215 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
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...life As any one's, I trow ; VVand'rinjf away where dragon-flies play, And brooks sing soft and low ; And watching the lark as he soars on high. To carol in yonder cloud, " He sings in his labours, and why not I ? " The postman sings aloud. In 1858, Capern published a second volume, entitled... | |
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