Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 422
Bab and Bettyto stand by the syringa-bush and listen, with hisheart full of new thoughts and happy feelings,for never before had he spent a Sunday likethis. And when he went to bed, instead of say- ing Now I lay me, he repeated the third verseof Miss Celias hymn, for that was his favorite,because… … Of all the birds that swim the air I d rather be the swallow ;And, summer days, when days were fair, I d follow, follow, followThe hurrying clouds across the sky,And with the singing winds I d fly. I d find the sources of the Nile,I d see the Sandwich Islands, And Chimborazos granite pile,And…
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