Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 457
own little mother,With no eggs under her lonely breast ! Oh, theres too much room in a rifled nest ! Just to think how hard, in the still, black night,When in dreams she cuddles them closer and closer, To wake and to find they are all gone quite ! The poor.little drooping, limp-winged mother! She… … Chapter II. THE CAPTIVE PRINCE. We will make a leap over more than half a centuryof history, to come to the next incident in the longstory of our great Castle, which I think will interestyou. During that half century a great manystirring events took place; and if you are as fondof Shakespeares…
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