Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 505
in the west The sun has sunk all slowly to his rest,And brooding twilight wraps the waters oer.Then all of earth slips from us, and no more Are we by petty cares of life oppressed; A stillness, like a prayer all unexpressed,Soft balm on every sorrow seems to pour. I wonder not that ancient fables… … DISTANCE. BY JOSEPH S. WEBB, AGE 13.
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