Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 329
She wrote (I think it bright):Why ask of one to write a rhymeWho cannot rhyme aright ? Normati D. Gray. … The Beetle was blind, and the Bat was blinder,And they went to take tea with the Scissors-grinder.The Scissors-grinder had goneaway Across the river to spend the day.But he d tied his bell to the grapevine swing.The Bat and the Beetle heardit ring, And neither the Beetle nor Bat could seeWhy no one…
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