Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 71
door:A chirp-a-dee, a chirp-a-dee, a chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chee !Who is it talks of little birds that in their nests agree? This lively band of singer-folk neer ask a stated fee,But, like all other mendicants, subsist on charity;Descending from their leafy boughs a-many times a day,They ask… … Each springtime cool the April Fool, his rain- Wake up and greet the May-time sweet! hedrop bells a-chiming, laughs, and startled flowers On rainbow wings a sunbeam brings to buds oer Unclose their eyes in glad surprise —to drench-dark banks climbing. ing April showers. May Aiken. 630
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