Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 113
e)T is spring in the city ; The poet, ecstatic,Indites joyful ditty And melodramatic. He raves of the springtime, Soul-raising, inspiring;The Let s-have-a-fling time, With zeal that s untiring. Meanwhile A tar-kettle, boiling, To him its smoke sending,His temper is spoiling By torture unending. A… … MY BEST FRIEND. BY LOUISE GRAHAM, AGE 14. To the reader:Of falsehood, abjure all ; Don truth, sacred turban :Is spring that is rural Not far from spring urban ? I9I3-] ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE 665 A SONG OF SPRING ■ BY ELSA A. SYNNESTVEDT (AGE 15) (Honor Member)Oh, how can I write of the verdant grass…
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