| Vol. II.—No. 87. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | PRICE FOUR CENTS. |
| Tuesday, June 28, 1881. | Copyright, 1881, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
DEAR ME!
BY MARGARET EYTINGE.
A grasshopper lay in the garden one day,
Near a cabbage—I mean cabbage-rose—
And his eyes had no snap, and his legs they were stiff,
And turned very much up were his toes—
Dear me!
His funny, incurvated toes.
Along came a bird—Mrs. Sparrow her name—
And she paused and shook sadly her head,
And said, "Once at hops none could beat you, but now
Even I could—because you are dead—
Dear me!
Alas! you're doornailedly dead.
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