Phoebe Cary (1824-1871) was an American poet. She was bor Cincinnati and lived with her sister, Alice, in New York City. mes; 8 And the boy! he has seen the danger And, shouting a wild alarm, Of a footstep passing nigh; And lays his ear to the ground, to catch And he hears the rough winds blowing, But never an answer comes to him 9 So, faintly calling and crying Of himself as dying-and dead; They must come and find him at last; 10 The good dame in the cottage Is up and astir with the light, But what does she see so strange and black 49 Historical: A large part of Holland consists of meadow-land low and flat that the sea would overflow it during high tide if it w not protected, partly by natural sand hills but more by a wonde system of diking. The dikes are long mounds or thick walls of ea and stone, broad at the base and gradual in slope. Why did he not run to some tage for help? How long did he hold back water? Why did he not think of runni What do you think was the ha |