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Picture fables (1858)

Hey, Wilhelm, 1789-1854, Dalziel Brothers. egrs, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Speckter, Otto, 1807-1871, Dalziel, George, 1815-1902, Dalziel, Edward, 1817-1905 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 73

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PUSSY, Pussy, creeping so sly, Over the housetops ever so high ; You see the swallow thats sitting there, You want to seize him before hes aware. Hell fly, good Pussy, and quickly too ; You want to know him, but he knows you. Angry and cross was our Puss that day. As the bird on his light wing sped… … FROG. ITS chilly and cold in the water, down there,I m glad to escape to the warm upper airIll sit me down on the broad grey stone,And bask in the sunshine, all alone ;With wide mouth gaping, Ill here recline,And thank the sun that on me doth shine. But who leans there on the bridges rail ?The…

Fables, German · Children's poetry

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