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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 503

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m. If you ever go to London, and into WestminsterAbbey, you will see an elaborate tomb, in honor ofSir Isaac Newton, against the choir-screen, to thenorth of the entrance ; but, in the rooms of theRoyal Society, you will find what is better worthseeing,—that is, the first telescope that Newtonmade,… … KlPPY ! Kippy ! what a pleasure !Kippy ! Kippy ! such a treasure !Here s a lake of water clear,—Little Polly put it here. See, the water has a sky !Like the one that shines so high;All the other birds are there,Playing in the sunny air. Shall we ever sing and playIn the sky, the livelong day?Oh,…

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