Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 284
n.And the little blades of grass, And the lily garden-queen,All eager to see him pass,— He of the frolic mien. They watched for his back-tossed hair, And his peachy lips a-purse,And his tanned cheeks full and fair, As he flung a flute-like verseInto every nook of the air. But never a trace could… … If, in the green of the woods, one day, You came to a place where the fairies play, And a little sign-post stood on the ground, With four little paths from all around, And if you could choose to go either way, But wherever you went you knew you must stay For ever and ever and a day — And if one…
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