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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 65

An illustration from Picture fables, 1863, leaf 65
ar Storks, what do you intend,That towards the sunlight your way you wend ?Storks. All around us is cold and drear, Therefore we hasten away from here.Child. Then fly away on your light wings, fly, But mind you come back, Storks, by and by. Few days had passd since the Storks had flown,Before the… … STORKS. The sun shines bright, the summer s near,And, as we promised, we Storks are here;Though we were compelld afar to roam,We forgot not the nest we d left at home.I see it still clings where last year it stood;Well clean it, and live there, and raise our brood. With straw and with wood did they…

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