Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 322
s hang by the door, From baby-carts to banjo-strings;Here hangs a gun without a lockSome pilgrim bore to Plymouth rock;And there a pair of goggles lie, 1884.1 T HE BROWNIES O N S K AT E S. 30/ That stared at Cromwell marching by ;While piles of club and rocker skatesOf every shape the buyer waits… … When evening next her visit paid To fold the earth in robes of shade; Then down beneath the golden balls, As thick as bees when Flora calls From apple bough or clover mead. The Brownies gathered as agreed, To venture boldly and procure The skates that would their fun insure. As rats and mice can…
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