Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 590
upon the elfin breed,But save it for our own poor brood,Whose supernatural traits are crude. Some seemed to be below as muchAs on the surface, through the touchOf sad mishaps that rudely shovedThem from positions which they loved, It was no shallow river small,But one great stream a mouth for… … THE WAY THEY CUT, AND SCORED AND SAWED. Till with a splash and scream of frightThey woke the echoes of the night. Then what cared they in such a phaseFor cooling drinks or sultry days?And for the time in every mindAll other thoughts were left behind. And scaly rogues that thought, at least,To get a…
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