Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 298
, my friends, I should try in vainTo tell what it was to cross the mainIn a series of jumps, when each one meantA dive in the salty element!How glad I was you may understandTo come again to my native land. ■ But the sight I saw which was most sur-prisingWas to see the sun again arising!When I left,… … Then t was night. Myflight was oer; Gladly I was home oncemore! Let travel be for thoseit suits — I have no use for Seven-League Boots! But, Pedro, asked the fat old cook, Why did nt you stop totake a lookAt some of the wonderful sights you found ?Why did you rush soswiftly round ? Well, said…
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