Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 223
Vol. XXI.—99. 7»s 736 THE BROWNIES THROUGH THE UNION. [July, That left impressions on the mindOf the observing Brownie kind.Old forts that once were bullet-proof,And kept the howling foe aloof,When it was much to have a gateBetween one and a fea-thered pate,Were talked about, stories told … Of wars,until the themegrew old.It gave them sport to run aroundAnd climb the trees that there they found,And swing on vines that stretched betweenThe mossy trunks like hammocks green.Sometimes a dozen in a rowWould thus be swaying to and fro,Until a break the swing would endAnd to the ground they…
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