Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 433
of the shrike leaves its victim no chance. There s the highholes lope, and the sparrow-hawks swoop,While the jays flutter by in a jocular troop;Here s the chipping-birds slide, with recovery swift,And the crows steady progress, with hardly a drift. The flight of the warbler is nervous and… … Aunt Tabitha is the very best aunt That any one ever had,And the boy who would nt be good to her Must indeed be pretty bad! For every summer a letter comes,Like a fairy godmothers charm, Inviting her nephew to spend a monthWith his aunt at Oakwood Farm. It is close to a dear New England town,Where…
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