Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 484
was nofruit. Soon our little tree lost its flowersone by one ; but as each fell it left be-hind a small green ball, that day byday grew into a fine, large papaya.There were a dozen or more on thelittle tree, and this was its first sea-son, too. So the little papaya-tree learned thatalthough its… … THE DAY-DREAM. BY MARGARET MORRIS(AGE 13). (Gold Badge IllustratedPoem.) Here s a lady of degree,Noble, tall, and fair to see,With her eyes of dancing blue,And her lips of cherry hue,And her cloud of golden hair,And her mantle wondrous fair. Who may be the lovely dame ?For we all would know her…
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