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Page 17 - A roar of welkome through the welkin Is certain proof you'll find the Elk in; But if you listen to the shell, In which the Whelk is said to dwell, And hear a roar, beyond a doubt It indicates the Whelk is out.
Page 26 - Observe how Nature's necromancies Have clearly painted on the Pansies, These almost human counten-ances , In yellow, blue and black nu-ances. The face however seems to me To be that of the Chim-pan-z.ee: A fad that makes the gentle Pansy, Appeal no longer to my fancy.
Page 6 - Tina there|ore he does not obtrude, put hides in some secluded §nook, Beneath the surface of the brook: Its almost more than he can bear, To...
Page 18 - Bill; /Ind even I can scarcely claim The skill to make them look the same, Which proves there's nothing in a name.
Page 1 - Dartuin once contended That Beetles were from Bees descended; And as my pictures shotu,!
Page 8 - Presents a picture of despair; .Ulho'as far as Im concerned, '.'. love to see the tables turned. The Harrier JUes...
Page 15 - ... persons scorn, Because she chanced to be "Earth-born...