Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 545
cup, And fruit-trees blossom fair ; The woods were dark and the stars were pale, The dreamy silence had brooded long,Till lo ! it broke, when a nightingale, Poured out his voice in liquid song.The same glad song that the brook had sung, The same wild song that the wind had sung,And they sang in the… … STRANGERS. BY HESTER NOYES, AGE 16. (SILVER BADGE.) In autumn, when the wild, west windDoth whirl the withered leaves ; When fields with pumpkins gay are lined,And corn is stacked in sheaves ; In winter, when the snow drifts deep, And frosty is the air ;When Mother Nature lies asleep, And all is…
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