Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 110
ched and wan and white,Leaned against a heated building, Longing for the cool of night.Suddenly she spied a floweret, Pale and slender, at her feet. Oh ! she cried, and stooped to pluck it; Looking up in rapture sweetThrough the crowded house-tops, Janey Caught a glimpse of blue oerhead;And she… … In the south of Italy there was once a flour-ishing Greek colony called Sybaris. The townwas well situated for commerce, the surround-ing country was very fertile, the climate wasthe finest in the world, and for some cen-turies the Sybarites were industrious and enter-prising, carrying on a…
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