Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 63
hed head,He crept from the tool-house with stealthy tread;The vigilant watcher was there before him,The terrible paddle was flourished oer him,And its very sight made him judge it bestTo scuttle hastily back to the nest, The stars pass over,—the sunsets glow ;How on dancing boughs and on waving… … BUT THE PROUDEST AND GRANDEST OF ALL THE FLOCKWAS GOBBLE, OUR GORGEOUS TURKEY-COCK. Conning the lesson severe and surprising,That doing is harder than criticising. So there, at morn, and night, and noon,Poor Gobble sat through that week in June,Till Dorkings appointed time had run,Till the chicks…
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