Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 340
arn to sprout,That the lilac and rose-bush would both leaf out ;That the crocus would put on her gay green frill,And robins begin to whistle and trill! I wish that the wind-flower would grope its wayOut of the darkness into the day ;That the rain would fall and the sun would shine,And the rainbow… … By F. H. C. MATCH is a small thing.We seldom pause tothink, after it has per-formed its mission, andwe have carelesslythrown it away, thatit has a history of itsown, and that, likesome more pretentiousthings, its journey fromthe forest to the match-safe is full of changes.This little bit of…
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