Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 65
tell you all about it if you 11 hark awhile to me. Fair Se-ling-she, the Empress, loved her land of almond blooms,And most of all she loved to hear the humming of her looms;For many places might abound with honey and with milk,But in no other kingdom could they weave a web of silk.So jealously the… … ■BUT IN NO OTHEB KINGDOM COULD THEY WEAVE A WEB OF SILW 59<- MARIETTAS SILKEN SACK S95 The years swung round to centuries that passed and muhiplicd, And Se-ling-she, the Empress, took her place in historj;The generations following each served its turn and died. But the little looms of China were…
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