[On the Netherlands:] There is not a richer or more carefully tilled garden spot in the whole world than this leaky, springy little country. Mary Mapes Dodge More Quotes by Mary Mapes Dodge More Quotes From Mary Mapes Dodge Luxuries unfit us for returning to hardships easily endured before. Mary Mapes Dodge luxury hardship Now the noisy winds are still; April's coming up the hill! All the spring is in her train, Led by shining ranks of rain; Pit, pat, patter, clatter, Sudden sun and clatter patter!... All things ready with a will, April's coming up the hill! Mary Mapes Dodge rain spring wind Ten years dropped from a man's life are no small loss; ten years of manhood, of household happiness and care; ten years of honest labor, of conscious enjoyment of sunshine and outdoor beauty; ten years of grateful life--one day looking forward to all this; the next, waking to find them passed, and a blank. Mary Mapes Dodge sunshine grateful loss Grandma told me all about it, Told me so I couldn't doubt it, How she danced, my grandma danced; long ago. Mary Mapes Dodge grandparent long-ago grandma Whenever a snowflake leaves the sky,It turns and turns to say "Good-by!Good-by, dear clouds, so cool and gray!"Then lightly travels on its way. Mary Mapes Dodge sky clouds way 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. Mary Mapes Dodge surprise earth waiting But I believe that God is overheadAnd as life is to the living, so death is to the dead. Mary Mapes Dodge i-believe life-is believe I'm as true a Protestant, in sooth, as any fine lady that walks into church, but it's not wrong to turn sometimes to the good St. Nicholas. Mary Mapes Dodge fine church sometimes What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father. Mary Mapes Dodge fathers-day father dull [On The Netherlands:] ... the entire country is a kind of saturated sponge. Mary Mapes Dodge netherlands europe country Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be. Mary Mapes Dodge mystery life-is memorable But when a snowflake, brave and meek,Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,It starts-"How warm and soft the day!""'T is summer!" and it melts away. Mary Mapes Dodge light brave summer
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