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ОглавлениеThat can wield a good pen;
Let him advertise for you,
Tho’ it cost you a ten!”
’Twas the Pilgrim’s chosen leader,
Man of valor and of might;
Straight descended from Hugh Standish,
He whom England made a knight.
Kneeling there beside the water
Long he quaffs the laughing rill;
Feels with each refreshing swallow
Strange new life within him thrill.
’Til, all weariness forgotten,
Home he quickly wends his way,
Thinking of the maid Priscilla
And the message sent that day.
For though stout of heart and dauntless,
Ever ready for a foe,
He has proved a craven coward—
Feared to face a woman’s “No. ”
Whatever is, is right they say.
Mayhap the saying’s true,
But when the is has double way
Which is is right to do?
A Great Naturalist Becomes a Friend
Pickled Snakes and Singing Mice
“Eyesight Is Mental After All”
God bless the birds and animals. Protect them with thy might
From wintry storms and hunger, and from danger day and night.
Oh heal the little broken wing and ease the racking pain;
Oh heal the little injured foot and make it well again.
Protect the birds and animals from lasting ice and snow;
Teach man to cease his cruelty and tenderness to show.
God bless the birds and animals and comfort to them bring.
I ask it in the name of him who loved each living thing.
Be they big or be they small.
When things go bad and life is rough
Advantage lies in being tough.
However hard may fall the rain
The sun is sure to shine again.
On earth below, in Heaven above
The one most precious thing is love.
Zounds to Europe’s game of Grab-it!
Tell me, first, of Peter Rabbit!
Read me, from my favorite paper,
Jerry Muskrat’s latest caper;
Skip Herr Goebbels’s line of bunk;
Tell me, how is Jimmy Skunk?
Rather than of Russia’s snatch,
News I yearn of the Briar Patch!
Mighty though the Finn’s dismay,
My concern’s for Sammy Jay!
Reddy Fox and Mrs. Reddy—
They’re the Reds I go for steady.
With open mind go on your way,
And add to knowledge every day.
