Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 546
l,And make everything right. I93] THE FAIRYS GIFT 971 IX To the teacher theyflew,And clung close toher side;When they first mether view,She too laughed—andthen cried !To their tale she gave ear, Then she studied the case;After what seemed a year,A smile lighted her face.With eyes like a star,She… … What the fay did to you,With her magic to-day, There s another can do.T is a gray-bearded man With a scythe and a glass,And it s always his plan To make each lad and lassAppear just what they are; And it s useless to tryHis true magic to bar, Or escape his keen eye.Therefore, laugh and keep wary Be…
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