Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 206
f the heavy showers thatso frequently, in the hot days of midsummer,come suddenly upon us, driving every one to thenearest cover. To escape the downpour, whichmeant great injury, if .not destruction, to so deli-cate a creature, he quickly flew to a near-by Balmof Gilead-tree, where, alighting on… … THE LEAF IS A PROTECTING UMBRELLA TO THEBUTTERFLY CLINGING TO THE UNDER SIDE OF IT. THE BLOOM OF THE WHITE OAK The brave old oak, the symbol of strength andmajesty among the trees, has in the spring aperiod in which it shows the tenderness and grace
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