lie

    , we may remark,

    A difference of tense.

    To recognize this Bird-of-Prey,

    The broody Hen you should survey:

    She takes her Chicks on daily walks,

    Among the neighboring Hollyhocks,

    While with the Hawk association,

    Is quite beyond her toleration.

    Growing in mires, in gold attired,

    The Cowslip has been much admired,

    Altho' its proper name, we're told,

    Is really the Marsh Marigold:

    The Cow Bird picture, I suspect,

    Is absolutely incorrect,

    We make such errors now and then,

    A sort of cow slip of the pen.

    The Sparrow, from flying, is quite out of breath,

    In fact he has worked himself almost to death,

    While the lazy Asparagus,—so it is said,—

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