Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 231
nigh —And children laid their pennies by,Arranging plans how every centShould celebrate the grand event,The Brownies in their earnest wayExpressed themselves about the day.Said one: The time is drawing near —To every freemans heart so dear,When citizens throughout the land,From Western slope to… … A fitting time, another cried, For us, who many sports have tried,To introduce our mystic artAnd in some manner play a part.A third replied, with beaming face : And bombs that like a cannon roar;While round the room one may beholdDesigns of every size and mold,—The wheels that turn, when all…
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