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LINES TO A PUMPING ENGINE FOR A RELIGIOUS HOUSE: 2. NEW STYLE by FLORENCE CONVERSE

First Line: THE LITTLE GRASSY HOLLOW IS SUNNY
Last Line: SO-CALLED.
Subject(s): RELIGION; WATER SUPPLY; WELLESLEY COLLEGE; THEOLOGY; DAMS; RESERVOIRS; WATER MAINS;

THE little grassy hollow is sunny.
The grass is wet and oozy and bright green.
Do not forget your rubbers.
There is a spring in the sunny hollow;
And there are mosquitoes.

The Community
Has built a little cabin
Over the spring in the hollow.
The pumping engine
Lives in the little cabin.
It looks easy,
But it takes a man to run it.
The motive power is gasoline
And possibly
God --
So-called.



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