The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4: A Monthly Magazine for Youngest ReadersVarious
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The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4: A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
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Children's literature, American -- Periodicals
3. Off he shot like a blazing rocket;
Down he came like a falling star.
What should he meet but a gay little goshawk,
Flying up from the earth so far.
Oh! Heigh-ho! . . . Poor little grasshopper, oh! . . .
A snap and a squeak in the bonny bird's beak,
And there was an end of him, oh!
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Transcriber's Notes:
Page 104, opening quote added ("Each cub would)
Page 128, "silver-voiced" was capitalized.
Page 128, closing quotation mark removed. Original read (earth I'll
go.")
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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