Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 163
et the wheels, which runon rails laid upon the bottom and visible at lowwater. The passengers being all on board, a mansounds a trumpet, and then the machine glidessilently and swiftly across, worked by a littleengine on one side of the harbor. When it ishigh water, and the lower part of the bridge… … A WEE baby boy sitting up in his cradle, With fleecy cloud-curtains draped high oer his head.— He blinks at the dipper, that big starry ladle, Nor fears that the great bear will tread on his bed. But night after night, as he sails through the heavens, His cradle is changed to a golden balloon, And…
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