Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 88
has she had ever, So she quite despises curls,And she thinks them fit for giddy pates Of frivolous doll-girls.She thinks hair is not needed; For she says t was never soIn the good old days when she was young, Just ninety years ago. She wears three caps as always Made, the innermost, of lace,And the… … Her dress was fine and dainty, Of a blue and white, t would seem,But the blue is now a faded plum, The white is like rich cream.The skirt her ankles reaches, And the neck is rather low;But t was in the height of style, when new, Just ninety years ago. Her little hose were snow-white, And were tied…
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