Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 206
118 … THE BIRD AND THE SEAPLANE 121 The insistent call that to them made known A pigeon back to the trap had flown. A soldier set down his cup of tea, And went to the loft. They saw him standHolding a little wet bird in his hand. Ere, set this bloomin pigeon, said he, On the arth till it dries. And then…
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