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قراءة كتاب The Square Book of Animals
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اللغة: English
الصفحة رقم: 2
easy privilege;
Her world a mirror spread in each direction,
Where she reflects upon her own reflection.
THE VERY TAME LAMB |
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| All men, said the poet, are struck at a mint, And some coins ring flat that the coiners embellish: But the lamb is so tame he will pardon the hint— He'd be best with a little mint-sauce for a relish! |
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THE TOILSOME GOAT |
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"You're a lively kid!" is the schoolboy jest: But the kid is driven to work one day, And the hours of harness know little rest For the stiff goat-carriage round the bay. |
THE LUCKY DUCK |
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| There was a Drake, my Duck, at Plymouth Hoe Played bowls, with Spain's Armada clear of Dover! A gamesome spirit! But to him we owe The peace your farm and all our homesteads know: For, ere the Spaniard reached our wickets, lo! Drake bowled him over! |
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COCK O' THE NORTH |
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Cock o' the North! The dawn is young, Grey-glimmering the pane; Yet you, with your discordant tongue, Have woken me again! Good beasts are silent in their pens. Hush! Leave the boasting to the hens! |
THE SIMPLE SHEEP |
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| The sheep's like the man in the street. She will follow, and blunder, and bleat, In pursuit of her fate At the slaughter-house gate, And she learns it too late to retreat. |
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THE SERVILE COW |
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When the cow's in the farmyard, her sense Of servility's simply immense; But you meet her again In the highway or lane, And she tosses you over the fence. |
THE GROWING |