Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 390
the elephant(Revered in woods, as Plato was in Greece), Could furnish all the lion-cub did want. i876.1 THE EDUCATION OF THE LION. 3^5 But kings for kings can feel, and for the beasts content,The eagle, king of birds, this royal message sent : My brother! In these times it is not wiseOur kingly… … Three years go by, but long before they re pastAll tongues are loud in the young lions praise, His wisdom and his wit ; first thing and last, The birds were singing through the woods his praise. His coming home was one long scene of splendid feasts. And the king called a parliament of beasts,…
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