Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 463
aye in the fairy mer-maids home. I saw the wonderful, fair sea-folk with their tresses ofshining hue, Which shone and sparkled likestrands of gold in the darkof the waters blue ; And they beckoned for me togo with them and sportin the great blue sea, And they sang of the joys oftheir ocean home as… … 1 MAYTIME. BY DONALD F. CRANOR, AGE 13.(SILVER BADGE.) Alas! soon the vision van-ished from before myenchanted sight, And faded away as the lightof day fades into thedark of night. The moon shone high in thestarlit sky and theplanet of love was gone ; The vision had vanished forever and aye, and…
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