“It was four o'clock of a stickily wet Saturday. As long as it is anything from Monday to Friday the average library attendant goes around thanking her stars she isn't a school-teacher; but the last day of the week, when the rest of the world is having its relaxing Saturday off and coming to gloat over you as it acquires its Sunday-reading best seller, if you work in a library you begin just at noon to wish devoutly that you'd taken up scrubbing-by-the-day, or hack-driving, or porch-climbing or- anything on earth that gave you a weekly half-holiday!”
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The Rose-Garden Husband
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Margaret Widdemer
Margaret Widdemer was an American poet, born on September 30, 1884, and passed away on July 14, 1978. Her poetry is known for its unique style and profound depiction of the natural world. more
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