Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 197
REST. BY GEORGIANA MYERS STURDEE (AGE 12).{Honor Member.) The whispring boughs of giant pines bend oer me,And from its nest the timid bird looks down, The moss and clinging ivy are before me, The silver birch bends oer the stream of brown. From out the mossy, wooded bank beside meA crystal… … DECEMBER. BY HELEN MAY BAKER, AGE lO. And mingling with the streams incessant falling,Come birds sweet carols from each sylvan glade. The sound of far-off bells comes faintly blowing.They ring again, and yet again, then cease ; From distant fields I hear the cattle lowing,And over all there reigns…
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