Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 356
Soon drives me out. Those birds they call Canaries cannot sing at all In my sweet fashion; yet their lay Is praised — from mine folks turn away. … They prize the horse who pulls the cart;But when I try to do my part,And mount the shafts to help him draw,They whip me off. Last week I saw-Two stupid horses pull a plow,I watched the work, I learned just how;Then, with my bill, I did the sameIn flower-beds, and got only blame.It really seems of…
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