Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 731
AND NEARER AND NEARER THE COMET CAME. And nearer and nearer the Comet came,With his blazing head and his tail of flameSome millions of miles in length, they say:And the poor Earth trembled with sore dismay. … THE EARTHS HOUND FACE GREW LONG WITH AFFRIGHT. For the Comet was robed in fire and mist,And frowned and glared and doubled his fist,Till the Earths round face grew long with affright,And the Moon, in her terror, let fall her light. • But all on a sudden their terror was gone,For the Comet wheeled…
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