Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 321
wisdom praised.And at his heels, with willing feet,They followed to the fowls retreat.T was hard to scale the rugged breastOf crags, where birds took nightly rest.But some on hands, and some on knees.And more by vines or roots of trees,From shelf to shelf untiring strained,And soon the windy summit… … When all had done the best they could,And waiting for the signal stood,It hardly took a moments spaceFor each to scramble to his place.Some grabbed a neck and some a head,And some a wing, and more a shredOf tail, or aught that nearest lay.To help them mount without delay.Then rose the flaps and…
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