Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 88
in apparel gay, And said, You re just the ageTo serve behind my chair at meat, A dainty Christian page.Oh, with a sore and aching heart. The lonely captive childRoamed through the palace, big and grand, And wept and never smiled.And all the heathen jeered at him And called him Christian dog,And… … WHEN FLYING THROUGH THE AIR,THE SAINT CAME CARRYING THE BOY,STILL BY HIS CURLY HAIR ! One day, just as the cruel kingHad sat him down to dine, And in his jeweled cup of goldThe page was pouring wine. The little fellows heart ran oerIn tears he could not stay, For he remembered suddenly.It was the…
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