Pigeons. 121 



some folks to tell dark stories about 

 everything. 



My London lad and I, sitting 

 under the chestnuts, and watching 

 the Ring-dove in the larch, believed 

 nothing, except that Pigeons were 

 the most delightful of birds ; and I 

 think both he and I, in our dim, 

 human way, were drawn nearer to 

 Him who clothed the Dove " with 

 silver wings, and made her feathers 

 like gold." 



PRINTED BV 



WILLIAM CLOWES ANU SONS, LIMITKD, 

 LONDON AND BECCLFS. 



