Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle (1855)
Forrester, Mark, ed, Forrester, Mark · Boston, F. & G.C. Rand · leaf 251
, the poets pen From wing of bird was plundered,Perhaps of goose, but, now and then, From Joves own Eagle sundered.But, now, metallic pens disclose Alone the poets numbers;In iron inspiration glows, Or with the minstrel slumbers. Fair damsel! could my pen impart, In prose or lofty rhyme,The pure… … Money at Interest, I HAD some money in my purse,Kept there almost forever, Waiting to buy a pair of skates,To skate upon the river. 240 PICTORIAL MISCELLANY. But yesterday, dear grandpapa, I saw a painful sight;It drew the money from my purse. And left it empty, quite. A ragged boy led by the hand…
Juvenile literature (American) · Natural history · Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) · Aztec children
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