Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 51
is time, the two Morey girls and the twoScotch collies became the four best friends inCloverbank. Martha overcame her shyness, andpaid many a delightful visit to the big house onthe hill, where, in spite of her faded frocks, theycould no more despise her than a moonbeam or aviolet — sweet, gentle… … With a rush and a whir of shining wings,They hear and obey — the dainty things !Dun and purple and snowy white,Clouded gray, like the soft twilight,Straight as an arrow shot from a bow,—Wheeling and circling high and low, Down they fly from the slanting roofOf the old red barn at Mendon. Coo ! coo…
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