Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 539
He tried to speak to friendly creatures, But they could never understand;They listened with distorted features, Then vanished in a cloud of sand.And when they spoke it was no better,He could not get a single letter. So, hungrily, throughout the seasonHe begged for food from spot to spot; Some… … Why ask for curds coagulated? V-
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