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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 147

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 147 — ONLY TO J. 134 THE OWL S CONVENTION. [Dec. Where her five brown eggs had been warmedby her breast, But she fluttered and shookWith a frightened look,Like a lily that trembles above a brook,While she modestly said,As she bowed her head, I beg the Courts pardon,But in yonder old garden … enough! said the owl, i will take the caseof yolr friend, the bluebird, in your place. My eggs will grow cold if deprived of theirwarden. Enough! said the Owl, I will take the caseOf your friend, the Bluebird, in your place. But the Bluebird only could mope and muse;He suffered, it seemed, from a…

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