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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.
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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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TO MERODINE.

1895—October 26—1896.

Little builder of a year,—
With many a smile and scarce a tear,—
Ah, what wonders thou hast wrought
In the realms of love and thought!
Thine the rounding of the sphere—
Little builder of a year!
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