Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 244
t pillars, gaunt and gray and grimIn never-ending, cold, monotonous rows,The halls in which his footsteps used to sound.Why must I stay in this most cheerless place?Home is not home without Odysseus. But if once more he should come back to me, If I should see once more that godlike form, Then would… … a memory of winter. by cleo damianakes, age 15.(gold badge.) Athene! Strike me too, if he is dead! For were he there, then Hades would be bliss Beside slow, cruel death in this sad tomb. Contestants in the League should bear in mind that in awardingprizes and in putting names on the honor rolls,…
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