Jump to content

How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers and other wood-cuts/The Hawk; The Hollyhock

From Wikisource
The Hawk. The Hollyhock.

To recognize this bird-of-prey,
The broody hen you should survey:
She takes her chicks on daily walks,
Among the neighboring Hollyhocks,
While with the Hawk association,
Is quite beyond her toleration.