Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 28
see the sally-port she pointed to thesculpture, and told them it had saved a mans life,and that a soldier had carved it at her request whenshe was a little girl. And there it is to-day over the sally-port. Theedges are eaten away by the weather, and it looksa little flaky and the worse for wear.… … THE CARVING OVER THE SALLY-PORT. RUTHS BIRTHDAY. By N. P. Babcock. My little girl is eight to-day —That is, she s just twice four; Or four times two, perhaps you 11 say; And maybe that s a better wayTo make my love seem more. For when my pretty Ruth was two,— When she was just half four,—It seemed…
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