Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 185
have been an honor to the name. He bent down and stood a minute or so lookingat the happy, sleeping face. His shaggy eyebrowswere knitted fiercely, and yet somehow he did not the bright hair back from the forehead, and thenturned away and rang the bell. When the largest footman appeared, he… … Three velvety, busy, buzzing bees Once plunged in a thistle plant up to their knees. Alas ! Though plucky and stout of heart, They bounded away with an angry start. For the thistle s the touchiest thing that grows ; It s the firework plant — as every one knows. And every buzzer should pass it by On…
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