Living

Birdies with Broken Wings

by Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905

From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)

Living

Birdies with broken wings,
Hide from each other;
But babies in trouble,
Can run home to mother.

MLA

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Birdies with Broken Wings.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/66/.

Chicago

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Birdies with Broken Wings.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/66/.

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