Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 269
ree from guile; And consider, sir, the poor old soul has been there—such a while! Then let him find the way to leave, sternly the king replied.—Full seven weary weeks had passed ; the sage still sat and sighed.And pondered how to break his bonds,—but long and vainly tried. He had no money and no… … One morn, as he satscheming for the free-dom that he sought, A plow-boy passed thewindow, with a cheerywhistle, caught From happy heart. Thelively sound disturbedthe wise mans thought. The peasant stopped hismerry tunc, and peeredwithin to seeWho the creature thatinhabited that gloomyplace might…
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