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Poems and verses by Mary Mapes Dodge

Dodge, Mary Mapes (1830-1905)

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POEMS AND VERSES.

THE TWO MYSTERIES.

SHADOW-EVIDENCE.

THERE'S A WEDDING IN THE ORCHARD.

FROM FLOWER TO LIGHT.

OVER THE WORLD.

WHIP-POOR-WILL.

THE CHILD AND THE SEA.

THE MASTER HAND.

THE TROUBLED MAID.

THE EASTER MORN.

“THOUGHTS ARE THINGS.”

IN THE NAME OF THE KING.

THE NIGHTLY REST.

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VERS-DE-SOCIÉTÉ AND RANDOM RHYMES

“WHAT 'S IN A NAME.”

MARY, THE COOK.

A THANKSGIVING PARTY.

I LOVE MY LOVE.

SUMMER LONGINGS.

MAMA'S “DAYS” AT HOME.

OF ALL THE YEAR.

AT THE PICTURE-GALLERY.

“THIS WICKED WORLD.”

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A PROPOSAL BY A MAN OF BUSINESS.

MISS FLIP AT THE EXPOSITION.

LIFE IN LACONICS.

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GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET.

THE GRASS-WORLD.

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CARNIVOROUS PLANTS.

WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS.

A TALE OF THANKS.

“NOW THE NOISY WINDS ARE STILL.”

TWO SUMMER DAYS.

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A GROUP OF BIRTHDAY VERSES

WRITTEN ON THE ROAD.

“EVERY DAY A BIRTHDAY IS.”

ONE DAY IN MAY.

TO A YOUNG GIRL.

THE FOOT-PRINT IN THE SNOW.

MOTHER GOOSE FOR BIG FOLKS.

HOME AND MOTHER.

A MONDAY ROMANCE.

THE ZEALLESS XYLOGRAPHER.

THE SAD STORY OF LITTLE JANE.

A BIRTHDAY RHYME.

THERE'S A SHIP ON THE SEA.

THE BLOOM OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE.

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IN THE NAME OF THE KING.

(Written for the Album of the Children's Building, Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.)

Every day of every year is the New World discovered
By one, by two, by many who gain a wondrous land.
At first they cry, then laugh, then creep, and then, O joy! they stand;
Adventurous, with outstretched arm they straightway take command,
While subjects true kneel worshiping with bowed heads and uncovered.