American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 441
Pelicans. Drawn by Barnes. 868 AMERICAN ART He came. A social soul was he; His kinsfolk, to his farthest cousins, He wanted close to him to be. They built by his their nests by dozens. We soon could hear, loud overhead, The young ones crying to be fed ; The clamor of each little brood, When back… … That, like a mad thing, dashed aroundAnd, from the chimneys smoky hollow,Close following after, shrieking, crying,A whole wild flock of birds came flying. ; The room was full of them ; they hungTo chairs and picture-frames ; they clungEntangled in the curtains lace,And on the peacocks plumes they…
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