Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 542
THE SHAG. 517 THE SHAG.By Celia Thaxter. What is that great bird, sister, tell me,Perched high on the top of the crag ?T is the cormorant, dear little brother ■The fishermen call it the shag. … ^Bp^f-^< But what does it there, tell me, sister,Sitting lonely against the black sky ? It has settled to rest, little brother,It hears the wild gale wailing high. But I am afraid of it, sister, For over the sea and the landIt gazes, so black and so silent! Little brother, hold fast to my hand.…
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