Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 36
amma, too, laughing at herblack basket of a bonnet. All at once her brotherHal stood by her side, and she half believed shehad seen him come out of the garret door. Well, Miss Derridown, gasped he, quite outof breath, how do you like the PhilosophersBird ? and he doubled himself up and went… … I HAVE heard—I dont know whetherWide awake or fast asleep— That the stars once sang togetherTo some shepherds tending sheep. So, at night, when they are glistening,Just before I close my eyes, I look up, and keep a-listeningFor the music from the skies. And the stars shine out so brightly,That I…
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