Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 26
od little George with his hatchet,Without, I must own, any sapling to match it;And you felt, at a glance, he expected to catch it. I recognized Tell by his high Swiss hat,His boy with the apple a-top, and all that;But all of the characters stared at me,As if to say,— What on earth can he be ? And… … You will find the hills green,And in valleys betweenWild violets telling the storyOf how I caressed them With sun-waves and shower,And fed them and dressed them,—Yes, every small flowerThat smiles in its blue-purple glory. And my dearest child May,If you find things delay —Like buds, which oft…
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