Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 287
elm-trees are sparkling with jewels so bright,Like diamonds they glitter and shine ; The trees in the forest are laden with ice—Each hemlock, and maple, and pine. Their branches are drooping, but proudly theystand, With glittering circlets now crowned,And tiny snow-crystals, while flake after flake… … was en-Ben Jonson sometimes used it, butvery rarely, and there is no mention of it in his Gram-mar. Milton hardly ever wrote the word, though thereare one or two examples of it in Paradise Lost. Now all are asleep under blankets so warm, No longer the leaves to them cling;Their great branches sigh…
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