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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 77

An illustration from Picture fables, 1863, leaf 77
GOAT. Nanny Goat, Nanny Goat, let me knowWhy your beard and your horns do grow. I have a beard, that pull it you may,So long as with me I let you play.I have two horns to make you flee,Whenever that pastime suits not me. Well soon see that, friend, the boy laughd out, And he pulld the goat by its… … SEAL AND SEAGULL. Seal. Were I like you, Bird, light airy thing,How soon to the sun my way Id wing.Seagull. To go there, at first, was my intent, But I found I was wrong, as upward I went; Still as I mounted, it colder grew, So I left the sun, and came back to you. Colder up there—and yet warms us…

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