. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . in up the Lane,Robin in the Lilac Top, and Robin in the Grain,Robin underneath the Eaves, and by the Chimney Stack,Robin at the Barnyard Gate, and oer the Feeding Rack,Robin of the Cowshed, and Robin of the Pen,Robin of the Corn-field, and Robin of the Glen,of the Brook, the Lawn, the Hedge, the Silver Birch, and Green,Cedar Grove, the Ridge, the Slope, the Grape-vine, and Ravine— DO, one and all, without dissent, Make protest once again,Against the slayers of the babes Which we, with might and main,Are trying hard to hatch
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . in up the Lane,Robin in the Lilac Top, and Robin in the Grain,Robin underneath the Eaves, and by the Chimney Stack,Robin at the Barnyard Gate, and oer the Feeding Rack,Robin of the Cowshed, and Robin of the Pen,Robin of the Corn-field, and Robin of the Glen,of the Brook, the Lawn, the Hedge, the Silver Birch, and Green,Cedar Grove, the Ridge, the Slope, the Grape-vine, and Ravine— DO, one and all, without dissent, Make protest once again,Against the slayers of the babes Which we, with might and main,Are trying hard to hatch and raise, As careful parents should,In all the good old-fashioned ways, Of any decent brood;To teach them to consume the pests, The flies and grubs and bugs,The beetles, borers, and the mites, The vicious worms and slugs. We only ask you half a chance, Together and apart,As tender husbands and as wives, From out a swelling make petition for our rights; You could not live at allIf fields and gardens, fruit and trees Were spoiled by things that crawl. 153. 154 POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES So, parents all, and teachers, too, Please charge your girls and boysTo leave our dear blue eggs alone; They were not meant for give your cats an extra meal In our short nesting time !It does not last so very long, Nor cost a single if we nip a cherrys cheek, We 11 pay for it elsewhere;Birds have to eat, as well as you. We do not live on air! We cry, we beg, we make appeal. Oh, hear while there is time !We ve written you this earnest plea And put it into , human folk, please do your part And let our fledglings grow !And HERETO in Round-Robin form
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