Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 117
and downy snow;The trees were plumed with feathery flakes, And the ground was white below. Came the little mother out to the gateTo watch for her children three ; Her hood was red as a poppy-flower,And rosy and young was she. And then she hid by the pine-tree tall,For the childrens tones rang… … THE SNOW DOVES She took the snow in her cunning hands, As waiting she stood alone,And lo ! in a moment, beneath her touch, A fair white dove had grown. A flock she wrought, and on the fence Set them in bright array,With folded wings, or pinions spread, Ready to fly away. They crept so soft, they…
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