Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life (1873)
Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888, Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904 · London ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 133
THE NEST OF THE LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. In books of travel I have heard About the clever tailor-bird ; A bird of wondrous skill, that sews, Upon the bough whereon it grows, A leaf into a nest so fair That Mdtli it nothing can compare; THE NEST OF THE LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 127 A light and lovely airy…
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