Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 188
with the track, and by its side,even if it be twenty feet high, the waves willsoon reach above the barrier and cover the road-bed, just as if it had no protection. There are places, however, where apparentlynothing will keep back the sand. At one point,where the track passes close to the wall of… … I am always afraid he will smother,— Though I think he s accustomed to shocks, For he jumps with a smile, When I call him awhileFrom his home in the little brown box. I should like him to play with forever,And I shut down the lid with a sigh— For Nurse says he will rust If he stands in the…
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