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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 327

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By Felix Leigh. Three elves sailed forth on a flake of snow,And a great wind soon began to blow.•■ We must take in sail at once, said they,■With a yeo, heave ho!—heave ho, belay ! … Then they looked about them, fore and aft, But they found no sail on their snowflake craft. We must port our helm instead, said they, With a yeo, heave ho!—heave ho, belay ! But, alas, there wasnt a helm to shift. So they ran aground on a big snowdrift. This is nt bad seamanship, said they, With a…

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