Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 320
came once on a day. Many a mystic spell he knew Wherewith to turn gray skies to blue; To make dull hours grow bright as flowers, And tasks that are old turn light as new. A touch of his magic wand, and lo!From empty hands sweet favors flow,And pleasures bloom in lives of gloomWhere naught but… … By Haarlem Lake the old Vrow sits,From mom till night she knits and knits,She knits the stockings black and white,And brown and gray, and loose and tightKnittety in de claver,Knittety in de haver.
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