Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 457
g shade had settled downAnd brought a quiet to the townThat comes when labor s at an endAnd home has many joys to lend,When Brownies met, as planned before.To call the roll, if nothing more. Said one: Since last we met in shadeI ve found a cause deserving aid.A library is now the theme Or moral… … THE BROWNIES MET, AS PLANNED BEFORE. Of which the people talk and dream;And though the walls indeed are there,The shelves and cases still are bare.The cry for bread, without a joke,All cry for books is apt to choke,So little else than railway guides Till people have more funds to spare.Another…
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