Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 99
on the dark stair timidly. Oh, mother! Take my hand, said she, And then the dark will all be light. We older children grope our way From dark behind to dark before;And only when our hands we lay.Dear Lord, in Thine, the night is dayAnd there is darkness nevermore. Reach downward to the sunless… … We want to do something for Santa Claus, Two little children were saying ;Let us go and find him, and thank him, be-cause He is always bringing us beautiful things.Let us carry him something as nice as hebrings. They laughed, and they went on playing. Oh, he lives away over the mountains of snow,…
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