Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 677
ipers of the sun, they stand,— Slice in hand, Pleased and bland,While their bosoms glow and their hearts expand) They smell and they taste ; And, the rind replaced,The foremost, smacking his lips, says: Me;sieurs!Of all fine cheeses at market or fair,—Holland or Rochefort, Stilton or Cheshire,… … FIRST, ONE RAT. That prize is the pride of the whole Swiss nationAnd the town of Nulle, in its exultation,Without a dissenting voice, decreesTo the poor of Paris a gift of the cheese. X878.J RODS FOR FIVE. 645 Paris, in grateful recognitionOf this munificence, sends a commission—Four stately…
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