The bashful earthquake & other fables and verses . He divined of a sudden, by magic lore,A thing I forgot to mention before : That the forest and all that therein did dwellOwed their present shape to an ancient spell. Now a spell, though a tiresome job to make,Is the easiest thing in the world to break, Wlien once you know how to perform the trick,As Merlin did. Waving his magic stick, 66 He cried, ^Let this forest and everything in itTake its former shape ! When lo ! in a minute, In place of the Kaven, a stern old sageAll robed in black and all bent with agej And where the little Tree-frog ha

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The bashful earthquake & other fables and verses . He divined of a sudden, by magic lore,A thing I forgot to mention before : That the forest and all that therein did dwellOwed their present shape to an ancient spell. Now a spell, though a tiresome job to make,Is the easiest thing in the world to break, Wlien once you know how to perform the trick,As Merlin did. Waving his magic stick, 66 He cried, ^Let this forest and everything in itTake its former shape ! When lo ! in a minute, In place of the Kaven, a stern old sageAll robed in black and all bent with agej And where the little Tree-frog had beenSat a goodly youth all dressed in green ; And around about was a flowery lawnWhere the forest had been. Said the sage, with ayawn: ** I must have been dozing —well, to resume —As I was saying, this world of gloom — ^ Oh, bother the world of gloom —just hearThat thrush! cried the youth; the first thisyear!

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