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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 50

An illustration from Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life, 1873, leaf 50 — - negro-boy, giand dahlia,—too heavy much to walk ; THE HORNET. 43 Ay, very much too heavy,—tliat juicy stem deceives,— Makes faint with too much sweet such heavy-winged thieves.Too heavy much to walk,—then, pray, how can you fly ?No, there youll drop upon the ground, and there youre doomedto die!…

Birds -- Juvenile poetry · Flowers -- Juvenile poetry

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