Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 261
BACK FLE E OLD AR.\ … THE CANNON-CRACKER. It was a Chinese cracker,All clad in glowing red, Lay trembling in a wooden box,Beside our Tommys bed. Out of the box he clambered,With many a glance of dread Where Tommy, dreaming of the Fourth,Lay tossing on his bed. To-morrow, sighed the cracker, Unless I swiftly flyLong ere…
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