Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 239
ive, manner, And felt I must suffer the shame of defeat.When, lo! some one called upon me for a speech. At last in the kitchen, I heard ice a-shaking, And instantly roused from discomfitures Oh, never did heart beat to time that was dream, faster To say, midst applause,— for the motion proved Than… … w^ By Oliver Herford i/^ In a fairy forest, known To the fairy-folk alone, Where the grasses meet and spread Like a green roof overhead, Where the dandelion-tree Towers tall as tall can be. And the ferns lift up their high Fairy ladders to the sky. For the elves to climb upon — Here are merry…
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