Quote#Children
I hear the little children of the wind
Quote byWilliam Sharp · 1855–1905
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Little Children of the Wind, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
I hear the little children of the wind Crying solitary in lonely places.
— William Sharp
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