Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 244
place,To give some customer a startWhen next the jumper flew apart.The trumpets, drums, andweaponsbrightSoon rilled them all with great delight.Like troops preparing for their foes,In single ranks and double rows,They learned the arts of war, as toldBy printed books and veterans old;With swords of… … PALMCP^ COX The music-box poured forth an airThat charmed the dullest spirits there,Till, yielding to the pleasing sound,They joined to dance a lively round. The rocking-horse, that wildly rose,Now on its heels, now on its nose,Was forced to bear so great a loadIt seemed to founder on the road,…
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