Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 20
to this day, in the slow waters of the Avon, sitting quietly intent for hours upon tin springes, tococks, andthe earth-conies thatin the com-Welcombe,those din-gles that inlater years hefought so hardto preserve frominclosure. They musthave fished manya time, as theStratford boys dosteep clay bank… … BOYS FISHING IN THE AV ilTE THE WEIR-BRAKE. to sec the fishCut with her golden oars the silver stream,And greedily devour the treacherous bait. Then who can doubt that he often watched thehunting of the hare ? Each line in his wonderfuldescription of the hunted hare is written by athorough…
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