Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 459
iew.With latitudes and each degreeAll measured out on land and sea. Another said, I thought I knewThe world from Maine to Timbuctoo,Or could, without a guide, have foundMy way from Cork to Puget Sound;But here so many things I findThat never dawned upon my mind,On sundry points, I blush to say,I ve… … T is like an egg, another cried, A little longer than it s wide, With islands scattered through the seas Where savages may live at ease ; And buried up in Polar snows You find the hardy Eskimos ; While here and there some scorching spots And whether governed by a king,A President, or Council ring.…
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