Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 446
gh the tear-dropsThat stand in her heaven-blue eyes. For the nest, so cold and forsaken,Has taught her the lesson to-day, That the dearest of earthly treasuresHave wings and can fly away. Yet she clings to the empty casket,And sighs that no more is left,— As a mother clings to the cradleOf its… … It is a pleasant sensation to sit in the first springsunshine and feel the steady pull of a good kiteupon the string, and watch its graceful movementsas it sways from side to side, ever mounting higherand higher, as if impatient to free itself and soaraway amid the clouds. The pleasure is,…
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