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Picture fables (1863)

Hey, Wilhelm, 1789-1854. [from old catalog], Dulcken, Henry William, 1832-1894, [from old catalog] tr, Speckter, Otto, 1807-1871, [from old catalog] illus, Dalziel, George, 1815-1902, [from old catalog] engr, Dalziel, Edward, 1817-1905, [from old catalog] engr · London, New York, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge · leaf 61

An illustration from Picture fables, 1863, leaf 61
HORSE AND FOAL. Kun along, Foal, my sportive child,Swift as the wind, and as free and wild;Play while the day for sport doth last—When you are great, the good time is pastThen you have work and trouble enow,To carry the rider, to drag the plough. The sportive Foal gallopd far and wide,In freedom… … CHICKEN. Chicken ! Chicken! silly child, stay,Whither art running so quickly away ?Always prying each corner through,Ever searching for something new;But when your mother is out of sight,Youll cry with terror, you foolish wight. The chicken into the garden ran,But to cry with terror it soon began…

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