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St. Nicholas (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 408

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He looked up in her charming face — He uttered loving sighs;She looked down on his noble headWith tender, peaked eyes. Hes rare old porcelain, thought she; She s real Japanese, thought he. Alas for love ! one morn there cameA maiden young and fair. i883.] HOW IT HAPPENED. 387 … 388 HOW IT HAPPENED. [March, Was hung so very high, she lookedA red blotch on the frieze ;While her fond lover—O regret! —Adorned a distant cabinet I My own, my lo\e, whatcruel fateHas borne you far apart?No other lady on a fan Can ever win my heart! He cried, that Chinese gen-tleman.When evening…

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