Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 107
r EverOne grand, sweet song. THE CLOSING YEAR. BY CLAUDIA STELLA BLOUNT (AGE 14). {Gold Badge.)OCTOBER days so calm, so mild, have glided by on winged feet;The silvered frost has kissed the haw, while the saucy blue jay caroled sweet.The year is aging; in the wood a violet lingers here and… … Whither fled the soft south wind that once did whisper sweetAmong the scented clover-blooms that clustered at my feet? And whither went the redbird that sang so blithe at morn,When the cherries ripened redly and the dew was on the corn?The cedars in the woodland are swaying to and fro,And a little…
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