Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 112
h. And so you really saw nothing at all? Not a thing, said Akaran. But no one everwent so far along the river before. And no one ever shall again, said the MostImportant dwarf. To risk life where nothing isto be gained by it, is all stuff and nonsense. Letus row home. And so the Wonderful River has… … My little one came, and brought me a flower, Never a sweeter one grew;But it faded and faded in one short hour, And lost all its pretty blue. My little one stayed in the room, and played; And so my flower bloomed bright—My beautiful blossom that did not fade, But slept in my arms all night. IOO…
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