Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 163
At midnight clear, as Bessy dear was nestled warm in bed,To hear the chimes, the silver chimes, she raised her sleepy head ;And all the troop of pleasant thoughts that Christmas always bringsCame fluttering round her pillow, like a flight of elfin wings. She was the Princess Lovely-locks; she paced…
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