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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 116

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QUIET DAYS. BY HAROLD R. NORRIS (AGE 9). The birds have gone to other climes, Their songs no more we hear;And neither hum of busy bee Nor crickets chirp is near.The lawns and streets are quiet now, Where happy laughter trilled ;The children have returned to school, Their merry shouts are stilled. … ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE.QUIET DAYS. Illustrated Poem.BY ELIZABETH FULLER (AGE 14). In the garden in the twilight, When the dusk begins to fall,Dot and I are Indians, hunting, Crawling close beside the wall.And the fireflies are the prisoners ; Dot behind me holds the jarWhere the ones already captured…

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