Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 430
p-pened ; but presently came a second flash andthump, and others rapidly followed at lesseningintervals, until at last the serenade rolled awaylike the galloping of horses or the rumbling ofdistant thunder. Thinking to get a better view, I slowly and cautiously raised my head. But thedrummers eye… … <MtJ*t\ COWSLIPS. By Susan Hartley Svvett. When mists beside the river kneel.Like still gray nuns at matins, And catkins oer the willows steal,All dressed in silvery satins, Before the soldier-reeds unbind Their swords to tilt against the wind, Before the grass begins to toss, Its pretty fancies…
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