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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 41

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hore. About her the fragrant, blossoming grass, At her feet an ancient looking-glass, She sat in the sun to watch them pass. 598 DAME QUIGLEY S GLASS. And she mocked them bitterly, crying: Come seeYourselves as ye look to the Lord and me!In the still, strange depths of this mirror oldNaught but the… … But cruel and unjust let him be, No sign of face or form shall he see; Sunlit sky and wave-green grass Are all that will show in the looking-glass! Burners of women, behold and see! Ye are naught, ye are naught to the Lord and me! Squire and parson, clerk and judge,Dame of degree and household…

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