Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 453
armers piece of ground,They paused to view the garden fairAnd fields of grain that needed care. Now overripe his harvest stands In waiting for the reapers hands; The piece of wheat we lately passed Is shelling out at every blast; Those pumpkins in that corner plot Begin to show the signs of rot;… … My friends, said one who often spokeAbout the ways of human folk.Now heres a case in point, I claim.Where neighbors scarce deserve the name :This farmer on his back is laidWith broken ribs and shoulder blade,Received, I hear, some weeks ago,While at the village here below —He checked a running…
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