Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 200
The school-bell rmgs with a cheerful sound,To hasten the slow, late comer; To-morrow we 11 play, It seems to say, Hurrah for the first vacation day!Hurrah for a merry summer ! The faithful bell, now the school is tlone,Must pause in its daily swinging ;Does it miss the noiseOf the girls and boysAnd… … Soon, over the country far and wide,There are ripples of happy laughter;For the children knowWhere the berries grow.Where the purling streams thro themeadows flow,And the hurrying brooks speed after. They know where the mountains lift their heads,By the great sky-curtain bounded;And their voices…
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