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Show 112 TilE LIB£R'l'Y }}ELL. £iomut. BY i&MEB UURNARD· As I wo.s gathering strawberries to-day, A robin came and boldly hopped so near My feet, and eyed me with so arch a leer, That I was charmed to sec him thus display His peaceful confidence. Such lack of fear Said I, disarms me. Thou may'st safely stay. Thy faith, which none would faithlessly betray, Makes thee a sacred bird to all men dear ; Even the freckled plough-boy, full of play, Forth bursting from the school-room's rule austere, Has learned thy shady precincts to revere, Nor dares to make thy little ones his prey. 113 Be thou, sweet bJ · rd ' henceforth, till wars shall cease, 'fho gentle typo of universal Peace. Colchester, England. 10• |
