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Title: The Silver Crown
Another Book of Fables

Author: Laura E. Richards

Release Date: November 21, 2006 [EBook #19892]

Language: English

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THE SILVER CROWN

Another Book of Fables

BY
LAURA E. RICHARDS

Author of "Captain January," "The Golden Windows,"
"The Joyous Story of Toto," etc.

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1919

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COPYRIGHT, 1906,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

All rights reserved

Printers
S. J. PARKHILL & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.

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TO MY SISTER

MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT

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A WINTER THOUGHT

Hast thou e'er a grief, dear?
Lock it in thy heart!
Keep it, close it,
Sacred and apart;
Lest another, at thy sigh,
Hear his sorrow stir and cry.
Wakeful watch doth sorrow keep:
Hush it! hide it! bid it sleep!

Hast thou e'er a joy, love?
Bind it on thy brow!
Vaunt it, flaunt it,
All the world to know.
Where the shade lies dim and gray,
Turn its glad and heartsome ray.
Does thy sad-browed neighbor smile?
So thy life was worth the while!

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CONTENTS

PAGE

THE SILVER CROWN 1
THE GRUMPY SAINT 5
THE HOUSEKEEPER 9
BROTHER BARNABAS 12
THE FATES 14
THE STEPS 16
THE GLASS 19
IN THE SHADED ROOM 21
HELL GATE