Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 257
his eyes,Set aslant, as blackly shineAs the myriad globes whereinThe wild blackberry keeps her wine;And his voice is piercing thin,But he changes that at will —Mocking rogue ! — with birdlike skill.How it is I must not tell,But you see I know him well. Ah ! with some rare, secret spellShould we… … —sisHE race was to be a tn-angular one ; the startingpoint off Ruggless wharf; thence two milesand a half E. S. E. to Old Can Buoy; thenceone and three-quarters miles, N. E. by N.,around Wood Island; and then three milesW. by S., straight home again. It was to besailed by the Quinnebaug Catboat…
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