Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 321
ome to sandy banks depart,And some uplift a stone or railIn search of cricket, grub, or snail;While more in dewy meadows drawThe drowsy locust from the straw;Nor is it long before the bandStands ready for the sport in hand. And hands be forced to take a rest,At times when fish were biting best.Some… … It seemed the time of all the yearWhen fish the starving stage were near;They rose to straws and bits of bark,To bubbles bright and shadows dark,And jumped at hooks, concealed or bare,While yet they dangled in the air.Some Brownies many trials metBefore their lines were hardly wet,For stones below…
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