In An Apple Tree – 1885

From the book: Marigold Garden

Pictures and Rhymes by Kate Greenaway
Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, the first edition was published in 1885 by George Routledge and Sons, London & New York.

In An Apple Tree

In September, when the apples were red,
To Belinda I said,
“Would you like to go away
To Heaven, or stay
Here in this orchard full of trees
All your life?” And she said, “If you please
I’ll stay here – where I know,
And the flowers grow.”

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