Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 181
This is the pigeon-house safe and high(Where never a prowling cat could pry)Where lived the pigeon with soft gray breastWho sat all day on the loose straw nest-—The nest where the pretty white eggs were found —Her own little eggs so smooth and roundThat held the wonderful secret. This is the barn…
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