# The Little Hill

- 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, Animals
- Topics: birds, hill, rill, sing, thou, tiny
- Length: 92 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14668>
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THE LITTLE HILL.

- Run, run, thou tiny rill;  
  Run, and turn the village mill;  
  Run, and fill the deep, clear pool  
  In the woodland's shade so cool,  
  Where the sheep love best to stray  
  In the sultry summer day;  
  Where the wild birds bathe and drink,  
  And the wild flowers fringe the brink.

- Run, run, thou tiny rill,  
  Round the rocks, and down the hill;  
  Sing to every child like me;  
  The birds will join you, full of glee:  
  And we will listen to the song  
  You sing, your rippling course along.

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## Picture credits

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