Liz recites a very special poem written and drawn around 18…
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Liz recites a very special poem written and drawn around 1880. Hope you enjoy! Written by Cora Gaines Carrell.
The Turkey's Farewell
Great is my country, and a martyr, I, upon its sacrificial altar am to die!
I, monarch of the whole domestic flock, must lay my royal head upon the block;
Must yield my life, expressing thus the thanks for what the months have given mortal cranks.
My legs, that sturdily o'er field and grove have through long summer days been wont to rove,
Will soon by m
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