. St. Nicholas [serial]. YJ,Jl!i„ illl/U,h„lb\u\i<il!l)\ ,]lli, /si, ,, , 1 1 .U ;,> :; I %-l/ft ^?-?:- K %?. « LANDSCAPE STUDY. BY STANISLAUS F. MCNEILL, AGE 14. 1904.] ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. 45 The humming-birds bill is long and slender toreach down into flowers. THE FAT BOYS DREAM. BY ANNE ATWOOD (AGE 13). O THERE came a wraith in the dead of night,And her rasping voice was cold and sad As she stood by the side of my small white bed,And tore what scanty elf-locks she had. And her face was round as the summer moon,And white and wan and heavy-eyed; And she wept and groaned in the weird mo
. St. Nicholas [serial]. YJ,Jl!i„ illl/U,h„lb\u\i<il!l)\ ,]lli, /si, ,, , 1 1 .U ;,> :; I %-l/ft ^?-?:- K %?. « LANDSCAPE STUDY. BY STANISLAUS F. MCNEILL, AGE 14. 1904.] ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. 45 The humming-birds bill is long and slender toreach down into flowers. THE FAT BOYS DREAM. BY ANNE ATWOOD (AGE 13). O THERE came a wraith in the dead of night,And her rasping voice was cold and sad As she stood by the side of my small white bed,And tore what scanty elf-locks she had. And her face was round as the summer moon,And white and wan and heavy-eyed; And she wept and groaned in the weird moonlight,And oft she looked at me and sighed. O Banshee weird, I cried in fear, Why hauntest thou me in the dead of night ? But a fearsome groan was all I heard, And the shrill, high laugh of a goblin sprite. And her garments rattled around her form,And the elf-man chuckled in horrid glee, And drifted away on a moonbeam white,And left the Banshee alone with
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