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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 591

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with waveringflight Seek the blossoms of darkness—golden andwhite — Shedding their fragrance afar through the night. Sleeping, the water-lilies sway Where moonlit ripples whispering play. And little frogs sing till the dawning of day. Lullaby. Stars between wind-stirred branches peepAt nests, all… … Advice is dangerous both to give and to follow— sometimes. A farmer living not fifty milesfrom New York found his barn overrun withrats. After trying the usual means of gettingrid of these pests, he followed the advice of aneighbor, and, smearing pieces of food liberallywith phosphorus, he…

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