Elsie Dinsmore - Classic Reprint Author:Martha Finley I never saw an eye so bright, And yet so soft as hers: It sometimes swam in liquid tight, And sometimes swam in tears; It seemed a beauty set apart For softness and for sighs," -MRS. WEUJ'l. THE school-room at Roselands was a very pleas.ant apartment; the ceiling, it is true. was somewhat lower than in the more modem portion of the building, for... more » the wing in which it was situated dated back to the old-fashioned days prior to the Revolution, while the larger part of the mansion had not stood more than twenty Or thirty years; but the effect was relieved by windows reaching from floor to ceiling, and opening on a veranda which overlooked a lovely flower-garden, beyond which were fields and woods and hills. The view from the veranda was very beautiful, and the room itself looked most inviting, with its neat matting, its windows draped with snow-white muslin, its comfortable chairsj and pretty rosewood desks.
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