Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 435
998 THE BROWNIES THROUGH THE UNION. [Sept. Around the walls and ceilings strange,• No greater wonder, you may know,Our native land to-day can show,Than this same oddly fashioned denSo far below the walks of men, In their weird subterranean flow, Till with a hiss, as wildly tossed Down some abyss,… … As if intended for a placeTo house some plundering giant raceThat here high carnival could holdUnseen, unheard, and uncontrolled.So close they crowded here and there,Still aided by the flambeaus glare,At times a torch would one amazeBy starting on his back a blazeThat promised a more brilliant…
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