Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 484
leepy bird chirping so late; Deep in the rushes that grow by the margin,Softly a water-fowl calls to her mate. Low on the crest of the far western mountains, Like a boat in the sky, hangs the pale crescent moon ; From the trees that stand back in the shadowy twilightThousands of katydids drone out… … 1042 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. [Sept. THE ANTEDILUVIAN WHALE.
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