Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 704
airy castle,This bubble light as air, And if I blow it large enough,And use the greatest care, ByMar^>aTetA-Dole The rooms are all enchantedWith sunbeams pink and gold, And moonbeams, blue and silver,Their glittering scepters hold. The silver doors will open, So I can step inside;And there I 11… … I 11 own the Spring of HappinessOer which the castle grew, The Fountain of Eternal Youth,And Beauty ever new. But —a dragon guards the entrance,And when I draw too near, He runs inside the castle,And makes it disappear. Vol. XL.
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