. St. Nicholas book of plays & operettas . THE BEAUTEOUS MART JANE. Though never golden brooch have I,Though silken gown I lack, I will not wed an husbandman,So take thine offer back!. HE TORE IN SHREDS HIS RAVEN LOCKS. ST. NICHOLAS PLAYS AND OPERETTASOh, fiercely blow the icy blasts */ . »/ When winter days begin !But fiercer was the rage that filledThe heart of Benjamin ! He tore in shreds his raven locks, And vowed he d love no on, he cried, thou haughty maid; Thou shalt repent thee sore ! The lady turned; she did not speak; Her tear-drops fell like rain ; [Tears represented by s
. St. Nicholas book of plays & operettas . THE BEAUTEOUS MART JANE. Though never golden brooch have I,Though silken gown I lack, I will not wed an husbandman,So take thine offer back!. HE TORE IN SHREDS HIS RAVEN LOCKS. ST. NICHOLAS PLAYS AND OPERETTASOh, fiercely blow the icy blasts */ . »/ When winter days begin !But fiercer was the rage that filledThe heart of Benjamin ! He tore in shreds his raven locks, And vowed he d love no on, he cried, thou haughty maid; Thou shalt repent thee sore ! The lady turned; she did not speak; Her tear-drops fell like rain ; [Tears represented by small pieces of paperThose plaintive words at last did pierceThe heart of Mary Jane ! II Oh, blithely sang the soaring lark; The morning smiled again •Up rose the sun, with golden beams, And up rose Mary Jane. [The lark should be made of pasteboard, and astring, passed through his body, should bestretched diagonally across the sheet. Byanother string fastened to his head, andrunning over the upper nail, he may be madeto soar. The sun should rise by a stringpassed over a nail in the center, and at thetop of the framework on which the sheet isstretched. The lark should be about
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