Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 88
cklace Of small beads of shining green.Her little mother strung those beads With loving thoughts between.You plainly see that they are glass; But you must not tell her so,For they played that they were emeralds, once, Just ninety years ago. Her rosy cheeks are wrinkled, There are cracks across her…
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