Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 78
The Violet. Tell me, silly mortal, first,Ere I satisfy your thirstFor the truth concerning me—Why you are not like a tree ? Tell me why you move around, Trying different kinds of ground, With your funny legs and boots In the place of proper roots ? Tell me, mortal, why your head,Where green… … Vol. XVIII.-41. A TURNING-POINT. Bv Katharine McDowell Rice. and Y beloved journal !At last I ve time ! and so saying, LenaMeredith unlockedthe upper drawerof her desk andtook out a green-covered book withcorners and backof dark red leather.Lena had giventhe greater part ofthe morning tosweeping…
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