# Lesson 25

- Source: McGuffey's Second Reader (second-reader.gutenberg.org), Public domain, William Holmes McGuffey, 1879, via Project Gutenberg
- Reading level: Grades 1 and 2
- Subjects: Poems
- Topics: bright, night, sometimes, bearers, busy, clouds
- Length: 75 words, about 1 min
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- "Clouds that wander through the sky,  
  Sometimes low and sometimes high;  
  In the darkness of the night,  
  In the sunshine warm and bright.  
  Ah! I wonder much if you  
  Have any useful work to do."
- "Yes, we're busy night and day,  
  As o'er the earth we take our way.  
  We are bearers of the rain  
  To the grasses, and flowers, and grain;  
  We guard you from the sun's bright rays,  
  In the sultry summer days."

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## Picture credits

- illustrator not named in this edition, Public domain (<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14668>)