Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 505
THEN TRIED THEIR KNEES. The door, it would not openTo comers so belated ; Nobody heard, Nobody stirred,As still the crickets waited. And then, as on a sudden, By some new impulse bent, Their voices three Rose shrill and free, To give their feelings vent ! … HIGH UPON THEIR TINY LEGS. Then high upon their tiny legsThey stretched, to peep and peer; While right behind The window-blindI crouched, to see and hear. Louder the crickets chirped and chirped,And, as I heard it then, The tale they sung In crickets tongueI render with my pen. j878.] WHERE MONEY…
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