Identifier: stnicholasserial371dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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or, I am going to tell it you.Though he has nt any wings now, it was not always thus;He could fly a goodish distance, and never make a fuss. With his wings of red and yellow He was quite a gaudy fellow,And blue and green and purple were the feathers on his breast;But of all the things about him, his dancing was the best.Oh, St. George he is for England, and St. Denis is for France,But the Kiwi s for New Zealand, and a splendid chap to dance. THE DANCING KIWI 333 Now all the birds obeyed a king (so says the historee),And he was the Royal Hoopoe, most splendid for to see.Upon his head the Hoopoe used to wear, as I am told,A crest of lovely feathers, like a crown of shining gold; Yes, his crest of golden feathers He wore it in all weathers;They say he never took it off, so proud he was of it;And yet, although he looked so grand, he could nt dance a bit.Oh, St. George he is for England, -.--tu, and St. Denis is for France,But the Kiwi s for New Zealand, J%%j( and a splendid chap to dance.
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THE DANCING COMPETITION. Now there is yet another bird that figures in my tale: Some called her Philomela, and others Nightingale. She was small and brown to look at, but if you chanced to hear What a swell she was at singing, you would say she was a dear— Hear her fluting, hear her trilling, All her little body thrilling-There never was another bird whose voice was half so fine;It always made the Kiwi sort of shiver down his spine.Oh, St. George he is for England, and St. Denis is for France,But the Kiwi s for New Zealand, and a splendid chap to dance. T would be jolly, thought the Hoopoe, if I somehow could prevailOn the Kiwi of New Zealand to wed the Nightingale.But I hardly like to ask him, he might think it rather strange.So the best thing I can think of is to manage to arrangeFor a Dancing CompetitionAnd a Public Exhibition,And offer to the winner Philomela for a bride;And the prize shall be awarded in the way that / decide.Oh, St. George he is for England, and St. Denis is fo

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