Peter Newell, The Hole Book, plate 9

	A pear-tree, seen above the wall, With fruit was laden down, And Ned, below, appeared to be The saddest boy in town;

	Just then the restless bullet passed, And clipped a branching limb Which bore a dozen pears or more And passed it down to him!

Peter Newell, The Hole Book, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1908, plate 9.

Online edition by Marco Graziosi, December 1999.
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