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DEDICATION OF “THE STORY OF ROSINA”
(TO AN IDEAL READER)
What would our modern maids to-day?
I watch, and can't conjecture:
A dubious tale?—an Ibsen play?—
A pessimistic lecture?
I watch, and can't conjecture:
A dubious tale?—an Ibsen play?—
A pessimistic lecture?
I know not. But this, Child, I know
You like things sweet and seemly,
Old-fashioned flowers, old shapes in Bow,
“Auld Robin Gray” (extremely);
You like things sweet and seemly,
Old-fashioned flowers, old shapes in Bow,
“Auld Robin Gray” (extremely);
You—with my “Dorothy”
—delight
In fragrant cedar-presses;
In window corners warm and bright,
In lawn, and lilac dresses;
In fragrant cedar-presses;
In window corners warm and bright,
In lawn, and lilac dresses;
You still can read, at any rate,
Charles Lamb and “Evelina;”
To you, My Dear, I dedicate
This “Story of Rosina.”
Charles Lamb and “Evelina;”
To you, My Dear, I dedicate
This “Story of Rosina.”
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