Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 193
he went,Upon his errand, trudging slow ;His looks upon the ground were bent. Between the trunks the sunsetShone red across the snow. rlow It was the eve of Christmas Day,When rigid rules aside were cast By such as walked the wicked way :His sober household kept a fast.He wished the day were past!… … Hark! what was that? He starts, he stops: The flutter of a rising bird ?A rabbit rustling in the copse ? A stiff, sad-colored leaf that stirred ?What was the sound he heard ? The light was round her as she stood,The slender maid, so wonder-fair, In gown of green, and velvet hood.He felt a fear to…
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