Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 473
baby wondered, as well he might,Why old folks always were happy and bright ;And he said in his heart with a blithe little startThat showed how gladly he d act his part: He gazed at grandpa, and grandma too;And mirrored the pair in his eyes of blue,As side by side they sat there, rocking—He with his… … Who sits out in the orchard bowers, Blowing bubbles of apple-bloom?Who washed the cheeks of the baby flowers, And swept the grass with a windy broom? Jack-a-Dreams, John-a-Dreams, radiant fellow! Busiest body from dawn till night;Thrumming his tunes on rose and yellow, And all the strings in the…
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