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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 50

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rden was bright with tintsOf blossoming peach and quince,And a million flowers whose like has notbeen seen before or since ;And set mid delicate odorsWere cute little toy pagodas,That looked exactly as if you might go infor ice-cream sodas! A silver fountain playedIn a bowl of carven jade, Vol.… … LOO-LEE LOO. Each day she came and satOn her queer little bamboo mat.(And I hope she carried a doll or two, but Icant be sure of that!)She watched the fountain toss,And she gazed the bridge across,And she worked a bit of embroidery finewith a thread of silken floss. THE LITTLE BROTHER OF LOO-LEE…

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