Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 279
A PORTRAIT.By Mary E. Wilkins. Who is that young and gentle dame who stands in yonder gilded frame,Clad in a simple muslin gown where broidered frills hang limply down,Blue ribbons in her yellow curls, around her neck a string of pearls —Her eyes, blue stars in ancient gloom, a-seeking you all oer… … TPIK 1IKKINS INSIillTI-: for tiii-: BLIND, south boston. Once upon a time (so all strange stories begin)there was born a baby girl. The peculiar thingabout this once upon a time is, that I can tellyou just when it happened, while the fairy-talewriters never can. It was on December 21, 1829,she was…
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