Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 488
1002 THE FLOWER CIRCUS. I cried, Brava! Encore ! Until she d jumped through nineEach higher than before. (I tell you, it was fine ! A Spider, in mid-air (Engaged at great expense),On tight-thread gossamer Danced with a skill immense … Then Jack-in-pulpit — who From out his lofty placeAnnounced what each would do — Cried, Next there comes a race,Two Scarlet Runners flew Three times the ring around,And with a crown of dew The winners head was crowned. A booby race, for fun.Came next (theprize wascheaper).Trailing Arbutus wonOver…
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