The bashful earthquake & other fables and verses . New York: Published byCharles Scribners Sons inthe Autumn of mdcccxcviii Copyright^ i8g8yBy Oliver Herford. ^\ V ^r r( OCT 2 91898 ? 0/ ?^ CO PIES RECEIVED* 2nd COPY, SSntiJcrsitg ^vcss: ^AOA John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, V- (ji- riof- Of i v\\- *.v \ 6322S0CI28I898 TO THE ILLUSTRATOR IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS AMIABLECONDESCENSION IN LENDING HIS EXQUISITELYDELICATE ART TO THE EMBELLISHMENT OF THESEPOOR VERSES FROM HIS SINCEREST ADMIRER THE AUTHOR • - ? • CONTENTS. Page The Bashful Earthquake 1 The Lovesick Scarecrow 7 The Musi
The bashful earthquake & other fables and verses . New York: Published byCharles Scribners Sons inthe Autumn of mdcccxcviii Copyright^ i8g8yBy Oliver Herford. ^\ V ^r r( OCT 2 91898 ? 0/ ?^ CO PIES RECEIVED* 2nd COPY, SSntiJcrsitg ^vcss: ^AOA John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, V- (ji- riof- Of i v\\- *.v \ 6322S0CI28I898 TO THE ILLUSTRATOR IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS AMIABLECONDESCENSION IN LENDING HIS EXQUISITELYDELICATE ART TO THE EMBELLISHMENT OF THESEPOOR VERSES FROM HIS SINCEREST ADMIRER THE AUTHOR • - ? • CONTENTS. Page The Bashful Earthquake 1 The Lovesick Scarecrow 7 The Music of the Future 9 Song 11 The Doorless AVolf 12 The Bold Bad Butterfly 15 Crumbs 20 Japanesque 21 The Difference 22 Why ye Blossome Cometh before ye Leafe 23 The First First of April 24 The Epigrammatist 26 The Silver Lining 28 The Boastful Butterfly 31 The Three Wishes 35 Truth 37 The Tragic Mice 38 Absence of Mind 40 The Graduate 41 The Poets Proposal 44 A ThreE-sided Question 45 The Snails Dream 51 vii Page A Christmas Legend 62 PIyde
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