Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 143
XVII.—S2. If I were you, no selfish care Should chase my cheery smile away;I d scatter round me love and hope;I d do a kindness every day.But here again I find it trueThat I am I, and you are you. I would not be so very quick To take offense, if I were you ;I would respect myself, at least.Whatever… … SWINGING. By Grace Denio Litchfield. Higher, higher, farther away. Swing me — swing me — swing me !Up to the tree-top, up to the sky.So that none other hath swung so high!I will outfly the bees and the birds and the winds. I will outsoar the song of the lark.I will reach to the clouds. I will shout…
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