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Then the Grasshopper came, with a jerk and a
spring,

Very long was his leg, though but short was his
wing $

He took but three leaps, and was soon out of sight,

Then chirped his own praises the rest of the night.

With steps quite majestic, the Snail did advance,

And promised the gazers a minuet! to dance ;

But they all laughed so loud, that he pulled in his
head,

And went in his own little chamber to bed.

Then as evening gave way to the shadows of night,

Their watchman, the Glow-worm, came out with
his light ;

Then home let us hasten while yet we can see,

For no watchman is waiting for you and for me.

Roscoe.

 

THE BUTTERFLY’S FUNERAL

Ou ye! who so lately were blithesome and gay,
At the Butterfly’s banquet carousing away ;

Your feasts and your revels of pleasure are fled,
For the chief of the banquet, the Butterfly’s dead!

No longer the Flies and the Emmets advance,
To join with their friendsin the Grasshopper’s dance,
For see his fine form o’er the favourite bend,

Aud the Grasshopper mourns for the loss of his
friend.

? Minuet— an old-fashioned, slow, and stately dance