Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 746
whyThe white clouds stay up in the sky !The birds light low that fly so fast;The downy thistle falls at last :But the fair clouds are always high.1 wonder why ! I wonder howThe little bird clings to its bough !Sometimes at night when I awakeAnd hear the tree-tops moan and shake,I think, How sleep… … 712 FOR VERY LITTLE FOLKS. [Septembei A SHORT-LIVED FAMILY.By Mary L. B. Branch. I heard little Gerty talking very earnestly over by the window-seat,and I looked around from my sewing just in time to see six as handsomeblackberries as ever grew, standing in a group in the window. Gertyhad grouped…
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