Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 445
airUpon her shoulders — while she toldTale after tale, that seemed to foldMy life in wonder-robes complete,Wrapped in romance from head to feet She waved her wand ; rare folk she knewOne after one came gliding throughThe raftered attics vista dim : —What pencil could their portraits limn,Their… … MY CHILDHOOD S ENCHANTRESS. 433 Bold Humpty-Dumpty, hobbling afterHop o my Thumb, with elfin laughter;And Mother Hubbard — dog and dameWith slippered Cinderella came ;Jack trailed along his beanstalk vine ;Aladdin and his lamp were mine ;Briar-Rose, half-waked, smiled on her Prince —How tame are…
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