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A LITTLE GIRL'S PLEA FOR KINDNESS TO ANIMALS,

THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD,

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LLEWELLYN AND THE GREYHOUND,

THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST,

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TO A BOY JUST ENTERING ON THE WARFARE OF LIFE,

THE OLD MAN AND THE CARRION CROW,

THE SPIDER'S SONG,

A GRACE BEFORE MEAT,

EVENING HYMN,

TO MY MOTHER,

SUMMER MORNING'S SONG,

A THANKSGIVING FOR HIS HOUSE,

THE YOUNG MOURNER,

THE VILLAGE PREACHER,

THE MOUSE'S PETITION,

INSTRUCTION,

INGRATITUDE,

FLY AWAY, LADYBIRD,

EDWIN AND ANGELINA,

SHORTNESS OF LIFE,

POEMS.

A LITTLE GIRL'S PLEA FOR KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.

BY MRS NEWTON CROSSLAND, LATE MISS TOULMIN.

COME, Rover! Ah, yes, by your tail wagging fast,
I see you make out what I say,

Of our supper we're ready to give you a taste,
At the close of this long summer's day:

Though I know you're not hungry-not very, that is-
For papa always strictly desires

That each animal kept in a dwelling of his

Should have all that its nature requires.

And the crumbs from our breakfast we scatter abroad, For the birds that fly wild in the air:

When the fruit-trees are bending beneath a rich load, We will not deny them their share.

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