‘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.’
More verses by Christina Georgina Rossetti
- In The Meadow - What In The Meadow?
- I Caught A Little Ladybird
- Hop-O'-My-Thumb And Little Jack Horner
- If Hope Grew On A Bush
- None Other Lamb
