Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 357
and baskets leaden grew.But still with smiling faces they made their way along,And cheered the road with laughter and blessed Christmas song.Till suddenly—Now softly, quoth the little lad, forThere stands the lonely little hut beneath the great pine-tree. see, Part II On tiptoe to the clearing… … For fireflies from the summer hadwinged their bright way back, And glowed like tiny lanterns along a star-strewn track. A-clustering in bunches they hung upon the tree, And made the fairest candles that ever eyes did see. The squirrels brought their nuts there to hang on everytwig, And glittring…
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