Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 655
Fairy-land,—Tom wasliving in a cottage covered with roses and eglantine,and built in the middle of the field once Hyacinths,which the moles and the field-mice had helpedto cultivate. There were bee-hives, and a gardenfull of tulips. And Toms wife, my informantsaid, had golden hair, blue eyes, and… … AND ONE FLEW DOWNWARD, WITH OUT-REACHING HAND. ONCE, in the time of childhoods sweet romances,I watched a snow-storm gathering in the sky, And pleased myself with idle dreams and fanciesAbout the airy flakes that fluttered by. They are not snow-flakes, they are winter fairiesThat fly about to see…
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