A White Hen
Christina Rossetti
A white hen sitting On white eggs three: Next, three speckled chickens As plump as plump can be. An owl, and a hawk, And a bat come to see: But chicks beneath their mother’s wing Squat safe as safe can be.
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A white hen sitting On white eggs three: Next, three speckled chickens As plump as plump can be. An owl, and a hawk, And a bat come to see: But chicks beneath their mother’s wing Squat safe as safe can be.
