Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 303
give the weak and timid aid. 766 THE BROWNIES AT THE SEA-SIDE. [August, It was a sight one should behold.When oer the crowd the breakers rolled ; —One took a header through the wave,One floated like a chip or stave,While others there, at every plunge,Were taking water like a sponge. And well may… … But while the surf they tumbled through,They reckoned moments as they flew,And kept in mind their homeward raceBefore the sun would show his face.For sad and painful is the fateOf those who roam abroad too late ; That every year, when ripened grainInvited forth the sighing swain,And Autumns sun…
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