Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 474
Dried Cat-tail. I M right glad to see you, dear old friend; And would give your hand a shake;But I m paralyzed in every limb; If I move, I 11 surely break. I ve longed to hear of the dear old swamp, And the comrades waving there;I ve longed to hear their garments stir In the balmy April air. Oh,… … Y^hM^rri The swamp is as charmingly damp, dear.As when you were drooping there,When you thought it caused malaria,And longed for some drier air. And so my heart rejoiced for you,When I saw you carried off,For I felt that a season in town, my dear,Would cure your racking cough. * 45° LAMENT OF THE…
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