Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 223
eep,Closed tightly was thetulips cup.It must have been a fairiesbed,Because this morn t wasopened up.What made it close its pet-als soft,And open with the sun-rise glow?My mother says t was na-tures ways ;I think it was the fairies,though. There are so many, manythingsI cannot understand atall,And… … ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. This month we have a genuine fairyland number,something out of the usual order of our competitions. The poems, the stories, and the drawings are all of thelittle people that we so seldom see, yet hear of so much,whose stories have made children happy ever since thefirst fay…
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