Potential Titles: F.B.C. [c.1840]

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Takes from the fish-hawk his newly caught prey - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

And trample the rice that grows wild on its brink - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

Pride, pomp, nor envy, have ever been there - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

Jerboa just roused from his long winter nap - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

All dislikes for this day were forbidden - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

Feeling a thirst that could not be endured - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

And lighted alone by the firefly's lamp - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

I have seen the thin nautilus trimming her sail - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

There clung a whole bevy of parasite barnacles - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

The fights of the quarrelsome swordfish and shark - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

The flower that buries a fly in its cup - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

Endless the wonders of shallow and deep - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

As they always objected to travel by night - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

Heard the tree-frog foretelling a storm - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

Disturb'd by the crane's and the crying-bird's screams - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

The tortoise made off at the mention of rain - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

Put little faith in the toad's necromancy - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

Now confusion has taken the place of repose - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

With his very best friend he could never agree - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

The sentinel marmot's shrill whistle of fear - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

Whose dangers, mirth, sorrows, and dwelling he shared - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

From the edge of a precipice lets himself fall - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

By ravens and vultures is speedily finish'd - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"

The whip-poor-will telling that night is at hand - F.B.C. "The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic"


The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic at Project Gutenberg. Author's preface is signed 'F.B.C., and I'm using that rather than 'anonymous' even though PG lists the author as anonymous.


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