Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 124
Over ride, and weather, and feast, each one Spent sagest consideration :For the joy thats next to the days own fun Is the bustle of preparation. The street seemed brightened with shining eyes,As the boys and each beaming maiden Brought baskets, hiding some sweet surprise,Like bees, with their honey… … 592 OUR PICNIC. [June, In rustic state came the great farm wain,Whose ample arms, used to holding Sweet-scented hay and the golden grain,Were a richer freight enfolding. Her rustic throne, by a gnarled old tree,We had formed with some crimson draping; And there each subject bent loyal knee,A kiss…
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