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She waits for me, my lady Earth, :Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, :Then take her by surprise.
She waits for me, my lady Earth, :Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, :Then take her by surprise.
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- Mary Mapes Dodge (identity unresolved)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 655 · quotation 3 · Mary Mapes Dodge · How the Rain Comes. April.
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