Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 213
his headand cry, Smallpox ! at the first sight or soundof an intruder, he saw, heard—nothing at all! Then he came down and looked about. Thecrackers were gone. The frying-pan lay upsidedown on the floor. The ham was gone also! Turning to the door in a bewildered fashion,he saw on the soft earth… … Oh, have you seen the Winter Queen The flowers love her, for a snow-white cover In her robe of filmy lace, To keep them warm she brings. With her shining crown and her cloak of down She tucks them around, with a crooning sound, And her gentle dreaming face? And they fall asleep as she sings.
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