Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 525
er apron, all the mothersthat stood around with clasped hands sobbed, undertheir breath, God bless him ! and even theburgomaster blew his nose. 496 THE FAYS. THE FAYS. By Amelia Daley Alden. They came to earth in a fleecy cloud, And climbed to heaven on the rainbows rim ; In the sweet sea-breeze… … They climbed high up in the apple-tree,And shook the young in the robins nest, And then, as frightened as they could be.Hid under the brooding mothers breast. She never knew that the sprites were there,She thought that only her young ones stirred, And piped a tremulous motherly air,To comfort the…
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