Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 461
er ears to shut out the sad cries of thepoor little bird. Bessie is grown up now, but she has nevertreated any bird or helpless creature cruelly,for the lesson she learned was so great that shehas always remembered it. THE FIELDS OF SUMMER-TIME. BY MAY H. RYAN (AGE 12). The fields of summer-time… … Old Friar Tuck strolls slowly round, withmeek and pious air, While saying softly neath his breath a dis-connected prayer. The milkmaid and the shepherdess go bywith jaunty swing; And this is the rollicking song, in concertgay, they sing: Heigh-ho! The fields are gay once more, for summer-time is…
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