Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 389
dAlong the rough and rugged road, VOL. X.—24. Around the embers puffed and blewUntil the sparks to blazes grew ;And scarcely was the kindling burnedBefore the absent ones returned. 37Q THE BROWNIES FEAST. [March, All loaded down they came, in groups.In couples, singly, and in troops.Upon their… … With plums and currants others came,Each bag and basket filled the same;While those who gave the hens a callHad taken nest-egg, nest, and all;And more, a pressing want to meet,From some ones line had hauled a sheet,The monstrous pudding to infoldWhile in the boiling pot it rolled. The rogues were…
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