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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 415

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ICE VERSES BYMATTIE LEE HAUSGENPICTURES BYDECIE C. MERWIN I Ve kept my snuggle doll fornight, But all the rest I packed up tightFor children oer the sea;And in the box are games and toysFor little Belgian girls and boys,As sad as they can be. … I CANNOT knit a scarf nor sweater,Nor write a soldier boy a letter,For I am only five, you know.And have not learned to write nor sew.I know, though, I must do my bit, So, when my mother starts to knit,/ hold the yarn, stretch wide each hand.And very, very still I standUntil she winds it in a…

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