Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 118
16) Why all this pride, this vainconceit of men,Who, struggling for whatneer can be attained,Are trodden down and held byruthless handEre even half the victory isgained ? Do they not know that always it is thus ? The stately oak, proud monarch of the trees,Lies stricken by the storm-winds cruel… … A NOVEMBER HEADING. BY EDGAR MARBURG, JR., AGE 13. THE PRIDE OF THE FOREST BY MARY S. CURRY (AGE 15) The ancient pride of the forest —there it lies ; Its crest that once swayed to and fro aboveIts comrades while the winds low-murmured sighs Told through its branches tales of war and love. Learned…
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