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A book for boys and girls

or, Country Rhimes for Children. By J. B. [John Bunyan]

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VIII. Upon the Swallow.

This pretty Bird, oh! how she flies and sings!
But could she do so if she had not Wings?
Her Wings, bespeak my Faith, her Songs my Peace;
When I believe and sing, my Doubtings cease.