Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 287
and proud dynasties arose ;Each lived, in turn, its little day,—and fell.In days of old, in Historys dim dawn,Proud Egypt built her monuments of stoneWhich still stand un-disturbed, defyingTi.ne,And mourn adown the lapse of centuries,The wisdom, culture, and magnificenceWhich once were hers. We owe… … clouds. BV DOROTHY GIBSON, AGE 15. (SILVER BADGE.) Which, as ambrosia, feed the mind and soul.WHien Rome, Eternal City, rose and fell,She followed in the foot-prints Greece had made,And carried on the torch of living Light. Excelsior! adown the ages rings :It is the message from the days of old.The…
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