Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 261
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… … THE CANNON-CRACKER. 819 On flowers and grass. He chuckled, This is the place for me,And sat down on a cold, damp stone,Beside a mossy tree. The woodland creatures gathered,And gazed with startled eyes, And listened to his tale of woeWith murmurs of surprise. Said the selfish, boastful cracker: You…
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