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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 357

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IN THE FIELDS. In summer-time I often goOut to the fields where daisies growAnd, kneeling on the grassy ground,I pick the flowers all around. And just before I leave the fieldI find a buttercup concealedDown in the grass. And then I stayTo pluck its petals while I say: One for fingers, two for… … / As once I played beside the sea, Its waters gently came to me, To bring me seaweed, stones, and shells, And wash the sand where I dig wells. But when I went another day,The waters slowly flowed away,To gather shells and pebbles moreFor me to play with on the shore. DORA AND HER RING. As little…

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