Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 248
Their beards are white with age, and snow That in the darkness flies;Their floating locks are long and white, But kindly are the eyesThat sparkle underneath their brows, Like stars in frosty skies. : Babouscka, we have come from far; We tarry but to say,A little Prince is born this night Who all… … -33 234 BABOUSCKA. [Jan. The wind so fierce, the snow so deep,And I, good sirs, am old ! The strangers three, no word they speak,But fade in snowy space. . . . Babouscka sits before the fire, And looks with wistful face :: I wish that I had questioned them,So I the way might trace! : When morning…
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