Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 291
o An aide-de-camp was soon despatched, Who brought the news to BorneoAbout the time that I was hatched. I heard her screeches in the egg,—How it could be I cannot tell,— As, nestled warm beneath her leg,Her cry of anguish pierced my shell. The next thing that I recollect,And that is painful to… … I SAW A ROUND BLACK HEAD APPEAR. Two eager eyes were shining bright —I well recall the look they wore ; With sudden hand he seized me tight,That naughty little blackamore! He took me to his dirty hut,And dipt me lest I d fly away; He gave me rice and cocoanut,And tried to make me talk Malay. I…
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