Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 137
creptAnd druggd and robbed him the while he slept ! Long on his borrowed garb gazed he.And thought of the Wise Mens prophecy; But from causeless curses I Ye nought tofear,And a better shield is a conscience clear. So brave Sir Athol of BalderstoneStrode over the uplands all alone ;And as he strode,… … HOW SIR ATHOL CAME TO HIS KINGDOM. I 2 3 It chanced one day by a meadow sideA field of tourney his eyes espied,And many a goodly dame and knightWas gatherd round it to see the fight. And crowds by crowds of the people pressdThe bannerd lists for to greet the best;Since he who bravest of all might…
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