Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 283
64 THE BROWNIES RIDE. [February, The sight was tempting to the eye,For there the cart was standing nighThat Mag around the meadows hauled,Or to the town, as business called. That mare, said one, deserves her feed-Believe me, she s no common breed ; So plans were laid without delay: The mare was… … Her grit is good : Ive seen her dash Up yonder slope without the lash, Until her load — a ton of hay— Went bouncing in beside the bay. That cart, said he, would hold the crowd — We re neither stuck-up, vain, nor proud. In that concern, old Farmer Gill Takes all his corn and wheat to mill ; It must…
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