(part of the set), beside
They went with pitchers to the reedy brook;
Bullied and besought her,
And so not carrying the tree away
Barking, mewing, hissing, mocking,
Tended the fowls or cows,
In her gay prime,
Clear to the ground. He always kept his poise
But when the first birds chirped about their eaves,
Brought water from the brook:
(part of the set), beside
They went with pitchers to the reedy brook;
Bullied and besought her,
And so not carrying the tree away
Barking, mewing, hissing, mocking,
Tended the fowls or cows,
In her gay prime,
Clear to the ground. He always kept his poise
But when the first birds chirped about their eaves,
Brought water from the brook: