Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 699
EVENTIDE. by james carey thomas(age 17). The day is swift declining,And darkness comes apace ; The stars will soon be shining,The ebon night to grace. The vesper-sparrow is singingAdown by the ripplingbrook;The robin is homeward wing-ing,And homeward flies therook. Over the hills before meIs the… … BY ANNIE LEE GASKILL(AGE 16). It was in the summer, when the cherries were gettinggood and ripe. Some of the boughs on a big cherry-tree were so fullof the fruit that they came nearly down to the ground.One branch high up in the tree was just loaded withripe red cherries, and seemed-nearly ready to…
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