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> [ \[On The Netherlands:\] ... the entire country is a kind of saturated sponge. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/on-the-netherlands-the-entire-country-is-a-kind-of-saturated-sponge/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

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## More by Mary Mapes Dodge

> [Whenever a snowflake leaves the sky,It turns and turns to say "Good-by!Good-by, dear clouds, so cool and gray!"Then lightly travels on its way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/whenever-a-snowflake-leaves-the-sky-it-turns-and-turns-to-say-good-by/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [But when a snowflake, brave and meek,Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,It starts-"How warm and soft the day!""'T is summer!" and it melts away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/but-when-a-snowflake-brave-and-meek-lights-on-a-rosy-maiden-s-cheek/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [Now the noisy winds are still; April's coming up the hill! All the spring is in her train, Led by shining ranks of rain;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/now-the-noisy-winds-are-still-april-s-coming-up-the-hill-all-the/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [ \[On The Netherlands:\] ... the entire country is a kind of saturated sponge. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/on-the-netherlands-the-entire-country-is-a-kind-of-saturated-sponge/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [ \[On the Netherlands:\] There is not a richer or more carefully tilled garden spot in the whole world than this leaky, springy little country. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/on-the-netherlands-there-is-not-a-richer-or-more-carefully-tilled/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [She waits for me, my lady Earth, Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, Then take her by surprise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/she-waits-for-me-my-lady-earth-smiles-and-waits-and-sighs-i-ll-say/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [Ten years dropped from a man's life are no small loss; ten years of manhood, of household happiness and care; ten years of honest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/ten-years-dropped-from-a-man-s-life-are-no-small-loss-ten-years-of/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [Grandma told me all about it, Told me so I couldn't doubt it, How she danced, my grandma danced; long ago…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/grandma-told-me-all-about-it-told-me-so-i-couldn-t-doubt-it-how-she/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [Luxuries unfit us for returning to hardships easily endured before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/luxuries-unfit-us-for-returning-to-hardships-easily-endured-before/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [I'm as true a Protestant, in sooth, as any fine lady that walks into church, but it's not wrong to turn sometimes to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/i-m-as-true-a-protestant-in-sooth-as-any-fine-lady-that-walks-into/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/life-is-a-mystery-as-deep-as-ever-death-can-be/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [But I believe that God is overheadAnd as life is to the living, so death is to the dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/but-i-believe-that-god-is-overheadand-as-life-is-to-the-living-so/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/what-a-dreadful-thing-it-must-be-to-have-a-dull-father/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

> [“a half-dollar's worth will sometimes do for the poor what hundreds of dollars may fail to do for the rich; it makes them happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mapes-dodge/a-half-dollar-s-worth-will-sometimes-do-for-the-poor-what-hundreds-of/)

[Mary Mapes Dodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mapes-dodge/)

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