Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 382
,That rose above the sage and sand,Where one green willow, like a starIn some dark night, stood lone and grand.And here the can and gun were swung;In grief as when lorn Israel hung 368 AKTESIA OF TULARE. Her harp on willow-tree and keptSad silence as she sat and wept.The dog crouched fretful at… … NO MORE SHE WEPT,BUT WATCHED, THE WHILE THE SHEPHERD SLEPT. And one meek lamb did bleat and bleat,So pitiful, so sadly drear,The girl crept from the bowed old man,Reached up and took the water-can,And gave it water while he slept,The while she silent wept and wept.Then came gaunt wolves — all…
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