Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 677
ed at last a joyous day, When proud O Haru dressed her hair,And gave a garden-party, gay With sports polite and debonair.The prettiest girls in all Japan They flocked from near and far to her.And shone, beneath the smiling skies,Like many-tinted butterflies.Then, treading softly, as before,Came… … BESIDE HER PAPER WINDOW SAT, JUST LIKE A LADV ON A FAN. Oh, miracle of loving skill!Oh, marvel of the potters art! O Haru dropped hersamiesenAnd gazed with won-dering lips apart.For, fresh as first itsblossoms burst,She saw her stolencherry-bough;Each airy twig, each petal pure,Portrayed with touch…
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