Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 87
raced with the rollicking hares!We pelted the sleepy owl at noon, if we came on him unawares;And we teased the surly old burly bee, who seemed in a hurry to pass;And we chose the wings that we liked the best to carry us over the grass !Vol. XXVI.—io. 73 74 THE SIGH OF THE SUMMER FAIRIES. Wings with… … teased the surly old burly bee. We must steal off to sleep with the velvet mole, or crouch in an empty nest,Or cuddle close in some squirrel hole, for a long, warm, winters rest;And the Graybeard Elves and the Snowflake Fays, for a while they must have their turn,As the silvery frostwork takes the…
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