Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 287
ud, water-plants, or small insects. In latespring or summer the flies leave the water andtransform to the complete insect. With theirdelicate, pale wings they seem more like phan-toms than like real insects. In this form theylive only about a day. Look for May- or day-fly in any book of insects,… … %j Nicholas Leagu The old year tottered along the floor,And covered his fires, and locked the door. No more of these gay young years, said he, Are going to get into this century.
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