Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 117
t is all for me —A-sailing on a misty sea And out across the twilight gray.What it brought of gift and blessingWould not stay for my caressing,Was too dear for my possessing, So it sails and sails away. The last ship, riding fair and highUpon the sea, is By and By. O Wind, be kind and gently blow… … E were assembled in thecubby-hole one brightOctober evening, Bob andI and The Bishop. Bobwas busy screwing littlescrews into the lock of arifle; I was standing oppo-site, with my elbows on the greasy old table,watching him ; while the Bishop sat bolt up-right on the floor, solemnly superintending…
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