| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | II. To the Grasshopper and the Cricket | | By James Henry Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) |
| | | GREEN 1 little vaulter in the sunny grass, | |
| Catching your heart up at the feel of June, | |
| Sole voice that ’s heard amidst the lazy noon, | |
| When even the bees lag at the summoning brass; | |
| And you, warm little housekeeper, who class | 5 |
| With those who think the candles come too soon, | |
| Loving the fire, and with your tricksome tune | |
| Nick the glad silent moments as they pass; | |
| O sweet and tiny cousins, that belong | |
| One to the fields, the other to the hearth, | 10 |
| Both have your sunshine; both, though small, are strong | |
| At your clear hearts; and both seem given to earth | |
| To sing in thoughtful ears this natural song,— | |
In doors and out, summer and winter, Mirth.
December, 1816. | |
| | | Note 1. Written in the Vale of Health, Hampstead, and in companionship with that of Keats, on the same subject. [back] | | |
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