Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 154
are always luxuriant withtheir growth of marsh-plants, they are mostcharming spots at which to stop and sketchif you are an artist, to study natural historyif you are inclined that way, or simply to restand refresh your spirit with beauty if you arelazy or have no particular bent. At the entrance… … WHEELING to realize that there is a horizon-line anywhere;and as you fly so swiftly along you almost feelthat you are a winged creature soaring throughendless space. So noiseless are you in yourflight that the slender-legged snipe which teeters along the shore, seeking to pick upan early breakfast,…
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