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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 87

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s clever enough, now, my riddle to guess?COCK. Come, ask me, I think I shall know, I confess.Fox. He has a head, with cunning replete ; He has a inoutli, that always would eat;Now he comes running and seizeth thee.COCK. Ah me, the villain ! hes eating me. Poor Cock! but he who would be so… … CHILD AND SWALLOW. How glad I am, your long journey oer,Dear little Swallow, to see you once more.Say, who, in the far land, taught you to know,That Spring would return, and t was time to go ? tl It was God that taught me—He knoweth best,The time to roam, and the time to rest. And far as she d…

Fables, German · Children's poetry

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