Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 475
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… … I ve learned about tiles, and plaques, andstorks;Know a dado from a frieze,But I d rather be in my native bog,Waving about in the breeze. My shakes are gone, but I ve posed so much,I ve almost broken my back ;I ve been painted on gilded panels,On sky-blue, olive, and black. i882 LAMENT OF THE…
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