| Years | |
| Blackbird lives | 12 |
| Blackcap | 15 |
| Canary | 24 |
| Crane | 24 |
| Crow | 100 |
| Eagle | 100 |
| Fowl, common | 10 |
| Goldfinch | 15 |
| Goose | 50 |
| Heron | 59 |
| Lark | 13 |
| Linnet | 23 |
| Nightingale | 18 |
| Parrot | 60 |
| Partridge | 15 |
| Peacock | 24 |
| Pelican | 50 |
| Pheasant | 15 |
| Pigeon | 20 |
| Raven | 100 |
| Robin | 12 |
| Skylark | 30 |
| Sparrow Hawk | 40 |
| Swan | 100 |
| Thrush | 10 |
| Wren | 3 |
The average age of the boarding-house variety of chicken is still undetermined.
INDEPENDENCE DAY RHYMES.
Words of the Poets Explain Why Hats Go Off While Flags Are Passing, Why the
Eagle Screams on "The Fourth," and How Young America Became
Identified With Sky-Rockets and Fire-Crackers.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
By Lord Tennyson.
[Signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.]
O Thou, that sendest out the man
To rule by land and sea,
Strong mother of a lion-line,
Be proud of these strong sons of thine
Who wrenched their rights from thee!
What wonder if in noble heat
Those men thine arms withstood,
Retaught the lesson thou had'st taught,
And in thy spirit with thee fought—
Who sprang from English blood.