, %mg- them ; they hungTo chairs and picture-frames ; they clungEntangled in the curtains lace,And on the peacocks plumes they swungThat oer the mantel had a place.In vain we set the windows wide ; The more we tried to drive them out,The more they madly beat about.We caught and carried them… … 11 M,
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