Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 693
nd space, far away. I watched thestars creep into sight with blinking radiance, like small,frightened, white mice. They always seem to mean differ-ent things to me, but on that summer evening I thought ofthem in a new way, the best of all. They seemed to be the silvery music-notes, on which… … Star, star, how small you are, But you re shining, oh, so bright!And though you vanish through the dayI watch for you at night. Dear star, I hope for evermore You 11 shine and twinkle brightly,And guide me through the path of lifeTo nobly do and rightly. A PORTRAIT OF MY FRIEND. BY FRANCES R.…
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