The bashful earthquake & other fables and verses . ^ Oh, what a crash!Oh, what a smash !How could I ever be so rash? The Earthquake cried. *^What under the sunHave I gone and done ?I never before was so mortified !Then away he fled,And groaned as he sped:^This comes of not looking before I tread. 2 Out of the city along the road He staggered, as under a heavy load, Growing more weary with every league, Till almost ready to faint with fatigue. He came at last to a country lane Bordering upon a field of grain; And just at the spot where he paused to rest, In a clump of wheat, hung a Dormouse nes
The bashful earthquake & other fables and verses . ^ Oh, what a crash!Oh, what a smash !How could I ever be so rash? The Earthquake cried. *^What under the sunHave I gone and done ?I never before was so mortified !Then away he fled,And groaned as he sped:^This comes of not looking before I tread. 2 Out of the city along the road He staggered, as under a heavy load, Growing more weary with every league, Till almost ready to faint with fatigue. He came at last to a country lane Bordering upon a field of grain; And just at the spot where he paused to rest, In a clump of wheat, hung a Dormouse The sun in the west was sinking red,And the Dormouse had just turned into bed, 3 Dreaming as only a Dormouse can,When all of a sudden his nest beganTo quiver and shiver and tremble and was wrong, and no mistake! In a minute the Dormouse was wide awake, And, putting his head outside his nest, Cried : ^^ Who is it dares disturb my rest ? His voice with rage was a husky Earthquake by now had become so weakHe d scarcely strength enough to speak. He even forgotthe rules of grammar;All he could— ^ do was to feebly stammer:
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