Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 163
ite hen forthat ? Through the pine woods fra-grant, green, Down by the brakes of palmetto, wherethe rattlesnakes head was seen, Into the scrub-oak barrens where thesensitive brier grows, Set with its tiny sweet-scented balls, justthe shade of an opening rose, She passed, and at noontide she stood… … It really will not doTo pay back only one, sire,Every time you borrow two! 1900.] THE LITTLE WHITE HEN. 151 The parlor doors flew openJust as he spake, and then Black Rod, bowing lowly, Announced, The little hen!: Sure, such a pretty, modest,Snow-white, dainty thing Never in this world beforeSought…
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