Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 197
efore correctly : Whether St. Nicholas a puzzle meantWhen he this poems subject sent — Should children write of last years spring,Or of this years season sing?Cried I. Their chattering tongues flew fast: St. Nicholas says this spring s the last! We dont quite know what Margaret E. Brownspoem has to… … Then spake old Zenith from far away: Do you regret your loss ?Well, then, I will give you good advice:A rolling stone gathers no moss.Harry Minart Ladd is twelve years old, and we willlet his first stanza introduce the poets of that age :How full of raindrops is the sky!We sit and watch them, you…
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