Rural School Leaflet 



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CROW 



Mv friend and neighbor through the year, 

 Self-appointed overseer 



Of my crops of fruit and grain 

 Of my woods and furrowed plain, 



Claim thy tithings right and left, 

 I shall never call it theft. 



From The Crow 



by JOHN BURROUGHS 



flicker 

 Ah I golden shaft, 'twas he that laughed 

 And lifted up his bill; 

 Wick, wick; wick, wick; wake up, be quick; 

 The ant is on her hill. 



From Arbutus Days 



by JOHN BURROUGHS 

 MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT 



A liA-ing sunbeam, tipped with \\-ings; 

 A spark of light that shines and sings 

 Witchery — witchery — witchery. 



From The Maryla^xd Yellowthroat 



bv HENRY VAN DYKE 



