Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 290
a-wonder :Mercy on us! over yonder —Bear a hand, my lads, with me —Four young children all together.In this pleasant evening weather,Go a-drifting out to sea! All our prayers were unavailing, all our fond, fond hopes,For our (.olden Land had vanished with its fair and blooming slopesAs the skipper,… … TO MY VALENTINE, AGED ONE. By R. t. I will not speak of pangs sincere,Of loves and doves by poets sungSince you are still a trifle young To understand such things, my dear: — But only ask you to be mineTill he, who, some day, is to winYour love,— (the young scamp !) — shall step in And claim vou…
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