The Reg'lar Lark's a very gay old Bird;
At sunrise often may his voice be heard
As jauntily he wends his homeward way,
And trills a fresh and merry roundelay.
And some old, wise philosopher has said:
Rise with a lark, and with a lark to bed.
A PHENOMENAL FAUNA
BY
CAROLYN WELLS
WITH PICTURES
BY
OLIVER HEREFORD
Copyright, 1901, 1902
By LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY
New York
Copyright, 1902
By ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL
To My Godfather WILLIAM F. CLARKE |
Books By
CAROLYN WELLS
Children of Our Town
Abeniki Caldwell
The Merry-Go-Round
A Phenomenal Fauna
THE REG'LAR LARK |
THE REG'LAR LARK
THE HUMBUG
Although a learned Entomologist
May doubt if Humbugs really do exist,
Yet each of us, I'm sure, can truly say
We've seen a number of them in our day.
But are they real?—well, a mind judicial
Perhaps would call them false and artificial.
THE POPPYCOCK |
THE POPPYCOCK
The Poppycock's a fowl of English breed,
And therefore many think him fine indeed.
Credulous people's ears he would regale,
And so he crows aloud and spreads his tale.
But he is stuffed with vain and worthless words;
Fine feathers do not always make fine birds.
THE HAYCOCK
The Haycock cannot crow; he has no brains,
No,—not enough to go in when it rains.
He is not gamy,—fighting's not his forte,
A Haycock fight is just no sort of sport.
Down in the meadow all day long he'll bide,
(That is a little hay-hen by his side.)
THE POWDER MONKEY |
THE POWDER MONKEY
A Theory, by scientists defended,
Declares that we
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