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Verses for Children and Songs for Music By Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing THE BURIAL OF THE LINNET. Found in the garden-dead in his beauty.Ah! that a linnet should die in the spring!Bury him, comrades, in pitiful duty, Muffle the dinner-bell, solemnly ring. Bury him kindly-up in the corner;Bird, beast, and gold-fish are sepulchred there;Bid the black kitten march as chief mourner, Waving her tail like a plume in the air. Bury him nobly-next to the donkey;Fetch the old banner, and wave it about: Bury him deeply-think of the monkey, Shallow his grave, and the dogs got him out. Bury him softly-white wool around him, Kiss his poor feathers, -the first kiss and last;Tell his poor widow kind friends have found him: Plant his poor grave with what ever grows fast. Farewell, sweet singer! dead in thy beauty, Silent through summer, though other birds sing;Bury him, comrades, in pitiful duty, Muffle the dinner-bell, mournfully ring. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching expe