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Once upon a time : and other child-verses (1897)

Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930 · Lothrop Pub. Co. · leaf 142

An illustration from Once upon a time : and other child-verses, 1897, leaf 142 — as the Castle the darling builtFrom her sweet imaginings. Rosy and green were the walls, like theheart Of a murmuring ocean-shell;There were jewelled spires, and a slendertower With a swinging silver bell. And up to the gold-hasped door there ran, On a carven ivory stair,The darling herself in rosy… … ONCE UPON A TIME The darling danced like a puff o down Over the marble floor,And she gleefully sped from hall to hall, And opened each golden door ; And chambers she found whose lofty walls With jewels were all acrust,With windows of pearl, and ivory floors Scattered over with diamond-dust. And oft…

Children's poetry · Children's poetry -- 1897

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