Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 400
They closer drew together, then, And all began to hark,But nothing heard; till, presently, The night fell, still and dark ! Then, what to do they did not know,So dim the wood had grown; Till, all at once, a space ahead,A glimmering light outshone ! THE DONKEY AND HIS COMPANY. 377 ■cut^i IP WMM ^… … So, one and all fresh counsel took, And went, at once, to seeWhat, shining through the gloom and dusk That brilliant beam might be ! They found a house, all hushed and dark, Save for one window high,Whence strayed the beam of golden light That they were guided by ! The Donkey, as the tallest, tried…
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