Project Gutenberg 2005-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 86 Hayley, William 1745 1820 Ballads, Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Text file produced by Jonathan Ingram, Robert Prince and Distributed Proofreaders HTML file produced by David Widger "Ballads, Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals" by William Hayley is a collection of poetic ballads written in the early 19th century. This work explores the themes of loyalty, bravery, and the profound connections between humans and animals, often using the stories of specific animals to convey moral lessons. At the start of the book, the reader is introduced to a series of ballads that celebrate the virtues of various animals, such as dogs, elephants, and eagles. Each ballad tells a different story—one of a loyal dog named Fido who sacrifices himself to save his master, Edward, from danger; another presents an elephant that demonstrates gentleness and intelligence, acting heroically to protect a gardener from a tiger. Through these poignant anecdotes, Hayley crafts narratives that highlight themes of friendship, sacrifice, and the nobility of animals, aiming to inspire a sense of admiration and empathy in young readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Animals -- Poetry PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 126477 126478 2024-10-04T09:32:34.402556 2023-10-04T08:45:50.102825 text/html text/html 124805 2013-04-30T14:22:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 45704 2013-04-30T14:23:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 130054 2024-10-04T09:32:42.434523 application/epub+zip 133062 2024-10-04T09:32:38.027586 application/epub+zip 114223 2024-10-04T09:32:36.688538 application/epub+zip 288114 2024-10-04T09:32:44.760502 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288124 2024-10-04T09:32:41.578509 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256954 2022-09-04T12:49:37.855315 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115776 115658 2024-10-04T09:32:34.037558 2023-10-04T08:45:49.842804 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 115446 2013-04-30T14:23:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 44453 2013-04-30T14:23:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 115440 2013-04-30T14:23:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 44432 2013-04-30T14:23:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20832 2024-10-04T09:32:44.887491 application/rdf+xml 16766 2024-10-04T09:32:37.245526 image/jpeg 3711 2024-10-04T09:32:36.966561 image/jpeg 128108 2024-10-04T09:32:34.414789 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia