Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 80
Petunias are by far too bright, The primrose only blooms at night, And vulgar flowers beside; And peonies spread too wide. V.And so it criticized each flower, This supercilious seed;Until it woke one summer hour, And found itself a weed. … MAY. By Harriet F. Blodgett. HERE is May, sweet May,—all love her! At her voice, the woodlands ring Scatter apple-blooms above her!Joyous May! She gives a nestTo the waiting yellowbreast.Wheresoeer her footsteps passBlue-eyed blossoms deck the grass. With the music of the spring.Fast the brooklet…
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