Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 508
.8 let us plant the apple-tree, Cleave the tough greensward with the spade; Wide let its hollow bed be made; There gently lay the roots, and there Sift the dark mold with kindly care, And press it oer them tenderly;As round the sleeping infants feetWe softly fold the cradle-sheet, So plant we the… … * Born, at Cummington, Massachusetts, 1794. Died, in New York, 4§4 THE ST. NICHOLAS TREASURE-BOX. [April,
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