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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 233

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re,But study up the Brownie lore. That eve, when stars began to shine,The eager band was formed in line, Ere long, upon the homeward roadThey hastened with their novel load ; •JQ2 THE BROWNIES FOURTH OF JULY. [July, And when the bell in chapel towerGave notice of the midnight hour,The ruddy flame,… … Showed Brownies in the proper wayGave welcome to the glorious day. The eagles, through the gloom of night,Looked down like constellations bright;The rockets, whizzing to and fro,Illumed the slumbering town below;While, towering there with eyes of fire,As when he made his foes retire,Above all…

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