Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 398
THE JAUNTY JAY. On my window-sill flirted a jaunty jay ; He chattered awhile, then he flew away. He chattered a while, as if to say: Dont you wish you could live in the day,— in the day? Dont you wish you were little enough to be gay? Fly away ! Fly away ! Said the jubilant, jolly, and jaunty jay.… … F Jvtoi^l, .J^/IU llv THERE are, probably very few young peoplewho have not, at one time or another, helped tochristen some companion or acquaintance with anickname. You single out a peculiarity of person, or ahobby, or a habit, in your friend, and confer onhim a nickname that may be absurd,…
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