Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 196
jolly, dolls so arch,Nuts to crack and corn to parch ;Lulus birthday comes in March,Comes with freak and frolic roisterous,—Thats the fun of March the boisterous ! 1 Whats the fun of April showery ?Then the heavens are gray and lowery,Rain-drops fall, soaking all ;Where the brooks were, torrents… … Whats the fun of May the tender ?Mays so fair, no art could mend her,For she brings all the springsLong-desired exultant splendor. Soft and green the sunny sedges,Sweet the snowy-blossomed hedges,Golden-starred the roadside edges :Fragrance rare everywhereBreathes through all the heavenly air ;…
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