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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 77

An illustration from Picture fables, 1858, 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 tiling,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; Stiil as I mounted, it colder grew, So I left the sun, and came back to you. Colder up there—and yet warms us…

Fables, German · Children's poetry

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