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    A Little Window
    A Little Window
    A Little Window
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    A Little Window

    By Jean M. Snyder

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      A Little Window - Jean M. Snyder

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Little Window, by Jean M. Snyder

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

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      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: A Little Window

      Author: Jean M. Snyder

      Release Date: September 16, 2007 [EBook #22637]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A LITTLE WINDOW ***

      Produced by David Edwards, Sam W. and the Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was

      produced from scans of public domain material produced by

      Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.)

      A LITTLE WINDOW

      JEAN M. SNYDER

      A LITTLE WINDOW

      VERSES BY

      JEAN M. SNYDER

      "In good sooth, my masters this is no door, yet it is a little window that looketh upon a great world."

      FOSTER & STEWART

      PUBLISHING CORPORATION

      Buffalo, New York

      All but two of the verses in this volume originally appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, and are reprinted by permission.

      The two exceptions are Joy (page 46) and Triumph (page 49), which are also copyrighted and reprinted by permission.

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