Part 4 — STANZAS TO AN EGG. [BY A SPOON.] PUNCH.
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Pledge of a feather'd pair's affection, Kidnapped in thy downy nest, Soon for my breakfast—sad reflection!— Must thou in yon pot be drest.
What are the feelings of thy mother? Poor bereaved, unhappy hen! Though she may lay, perchance, another, Thee she ne'er will see again.
Yet do not mourn. Although above thee Never more shall parent brood. Know, dainty darling! that I love thee Dearly as thy mother could.