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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 501

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 501 — ravely.Your life, though brief, was glorious. And you,Wadsworth, you, too, were worthy to die withSomers — the best and bravest. Decatur turned again to Somerss grave, buthe could not see it for the mist of tears. An hour afterward, a new moon rose into theblue-black sky ; and, just as its radiance… … Poor little, bored little Dorothy True!A sad little maiden with nothing to do.There s a room to be dusted, a bed to be made,And the eggs to be found which the bantamhas laid. There s a wee little boy, in the nursery near,Who s sobbing and crying with no one to hear.But poor little, bored little…

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