Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 391
ice, and bravely Climbed up the string, instead. Up, up she went, till, presto! She reached a shining nail,And twined all round about it. So, when there came a gale,She weathered it quite safely, As back and forth she swayed,Unharmed by all the tumult, And not at all afraid. Alack! Her timid… … only abundant metal, in the world, that is yellow, is the mostprecious of them all—gold. Brass is not a true metal, but analloy, a compound. And the color which gold shares with thesun has a great deal to do with its value. I do not think itwould be possible that we should ever have come to love…
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