Project Gutenberg 2005-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 266 Hayley, William 1745 1820 Ballads, Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals 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.) Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Animals -- Poetry PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 126580 2025-06-04T08:21:37.304547 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 130127 2025-06-04T08:21:45.559535 application/epub+zip 133056 2025-06-04T08:21:40.984548 application/epub+zip 114217 2025-06-04T08:21:39.616546 application/epub+zip 288040 2025-06-04T08:21:47.865526 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288124 2025-06-04T08:21:44.680545 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256954 2022-09-04T12:49:37.855315 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115776 2025-06-04T08:21:36.943565 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 19831 2025-06-04T08:21:48.003514 application/rdf+xml 16766 2025-06-04T08:21:40.185547 image/jpeg 3711 2025-06-04T08:21:39.901554 image/jpeg 128148 2025-06-04T08:21:37.317586 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia