Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 137
to the heart of a flower that was sad,And loved and caressed her until she was glad And lifted her white face again.For love brings content to the lowliest lot,And finds something sweet in the dreariest spot, And lightens all labor and pain. And one, where a little blind girl sat aloneNot sharing… … At last, when the shadows of evening were falling, And the sun, their great father, his children was calling, Four sunbeams sped into the west.All said : We have found that in seeking the pleasureOf others, we fill to the full our own measure,— Then softly they sank to their rest. l879-l PAUL AND…
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