Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 324
wild As welcomed to life the ocean child ! I never was on the dull, tame shoreBut I loved the great sea more and more,And backward flew to her billowy breast,Like a bird that seeketh its mothers nest;And a mother she was, and is to me;For I was born on the open sea! I ve lived since then, in calm… … Golden-Tressed Adelaide. A Song /or a Child. By Barry Cornwall. Sing, I pray, a little song, Mother dear!Neither sad nor very long:It is for a little maid,Golden-tressed Adelaide !Therefore let it suit a merry, merry ear, Mother dear! Let it be a merry strain, Mother dear !Shunning een the thought…
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