Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900, Robinson, Charles, ill · New York : Brentano's · leaf 41
thegreat green snake that sleeps in a palm tree,and has twenty priests to feed it with honey-cakes ; and of the pygmies who sail over a biglake on large flat leaves, and are always at warwith the butterflies. Dear little Swallow, said the Prince, youtell me of marvellous things, but more… … THE RICH MAKING MERRY IX THEIR BEAUTIFUL HOUSES, WHILE THEBEGGARS WERE SITTING AT THE GATES THE HAPPY PRINCE saw the rich making merry in their beautifulhouses, while the beggars were sitting at thegates. He flew into dark lanes, and saw thewhite faces of starving children looking outlistlessly at…
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