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Poems and verses by Mary Mapes Dodge

Dodge, Mary Mapes (1830-1905)

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POEMS AND VERSES.
  
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ENFOLDINGS.
  
INVERTED.
  
THE STARS.
  
THE TWO MYSTERIES.
  
SHADOW-EVIDENCE.
  
BY THE LAKE.
  
HEART-ORACLES.
  
THERE'S A WEDDING IN THE ORCHARD.
  
TRUST.
  
THE HUMAN TIE.
  
FROM FLOWER TO LIGHT.
  
OVER THE WORLD.
  
EMERSON.
  
ONCE BEFORE.
  
WHIP-POOR-WILL.
  
LONG AGO.
  
THE CHILD AND THE SEA.
  
THE COMPACT.
  
DEATH IN LIFE.
  
BY MOONLIGHT.
  
THE MASTER HAND.
  
ELBERON.
  
BLOOM.
  
SNOW-FLAKES.
  
THE TROUBLED MAID.
  
FAITH.
  
THE EASTER MORN.
  
“THOUGHTS ARE THINGS.”
  
IN THE NAME OF THE KING.
  
TO MERODINE.
  
THE NIGHTLY REST.
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VERS-DE-SOCIÉTÉ AND RANDOM RHYMES
  
THE MINUET.
  
“WHAT 'S IN A NAME.”
  
THE LETTER.
  
MARY, THE COOK.
  
LITTLE WORDS.
  
A THANKSGIVING PARTY.
  
OVER THE WAY.
  
I LOVE MY LOVE.
  
SUMMER LONGINGS.
  
MAMA'S “DAYS” AT HOME.
  
OF ALL THE YEAR.
  
AT THE PICTURE-GALLERY.
  
“THIS WICKED WORLD.”
  
SNOW-BOUND.
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A PROPOSAL BY A MAN OF BUSINESS.
  
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P. S.
  
MISS FLIP AT THE EXPOSITION.
  
A QUANDARY.
  
LIFE IN LACONICS.
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GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET.
  
THE GRASS-WORLD.
  
CONFIDENCES.
  
HUBER.
  
FIRE-FLIES.
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THE UMPIRES.
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I.
 2. 
II.
  
CARNIVOROUS PLANTS.
  
WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS.
  
A TALE OF THANKS.
  
READING.
  
“NOW THE NOISY WINDS ARE STILL.”
  
FULFILLMENT.
  
TWO SUMMER DAYS.
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A GROUP OF BIRTHDAY VERSES
  
WRITTEN ON THE ROAD.
  
MILE-STONES.
  
“EVERY DAY A BIRTHDAY IS.”
  
ONE DAY IN MAY.
  
TO A YOUNG GIRL.
  
SECRETS.
  
UNISON
  
A WELCOME.
  
TO A FRIEND.
  
THE FLOWERS.
  
A SONG OF MAY.
  
BLOSSOM-SNOW.
  
GREETINGS.
  
THE CONCERT.
  
ANOTHER YEAR.
  
MOTHERLESS.
  
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.
  
MY DOG.
  
KATRINKA.
  
AN APRIL GIRL.
  
KITTY.
  
MY WINDOW-IVY.
  
A BIRTHDAY RHYME.
  
THANKSGIVING.
  
THERE'S A SHIP ON THE SEA.
  
AN OFFERTORY.
  
THE BLOOM OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
  
OLD SONGS.

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AN OFFERTORY.

Oh, the beauty of the Christ-child!
The gentleness, the grace,
The smiling, loving tenderness,
The infantile embrace!
All babyhood he holdeth,
All motherhood enfoldeth,—
Yet who hath seen his face?
Oh, the nearness of the Christ-child,
When, for a sacred space,
He nestles in our very homes,—
Light of the human race!
We know him and we love him,
No man to us need prove him,—
Yet who hath seen his face?
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