Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 431
bright wreath Of bloom and sunbeams airy ;The sweetness of their fresh young breath They give the showers to carryTo lonely homesteads, near and far,Where hearts that long for spring-time are. As if t were dew, the rain-drops wetThey take with cheery lightness. None praise them ; but, with fair… … T was my first dayas a reporter forone of the greatNew York morningnewspapers. I hadbeen sitting in theCity Room sincenoon, waiting pa-tiently for assign-ment to duty. I hadread through a copyof that days paperhalf a dozen times atleast, and had made the acquaintance of anothernew reporter, who had…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 431](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial141dodg-431-373.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial01dodg-531-326.webp)
![An illustration from Épigraphie romaine du Poitou [et] de la Saintonge (1895)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-pigraphieromai0102espuoft-187-3.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial372dodg-498-562.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial381dodg-374-483.webp)
