Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 88
o sleep with the velvet mole, or crouch in an empty nest,Or cuddle close in some squirrel hole, for a long, warm, winters rest;And the Graybeard Elves and the Snowflake Fays, for a while they must have their turn,As the silvery frostwork takes the place of the feathery summer fern. We shall dream… … In a far country lived a King who was awise man and a great musician; his subjectscalled him Sol-Fa the Good. To govern his people wisely, and to cultivatein them a true love for music and poetry,formed the chief aim of this good Kings life;but even more than this he loved his littledaughter…
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