Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 328
s,and tried to look supercilious, and to raise thepeoples mirth against her. But they did notsucceed; and the townsfolk, instead of jeering,took off their caps, and echoed her prayer — God bless the sweeping! And God did bless it; for the sight of theirnoble young countess at her task put the menon… … She wrote (I think it bright):Why ask of one to write a rhymeWho cannot rhyme aright ? Normati D. Gray.
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