Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 239
score of others stood.Said one, My friend, suppress alarm.There s nothing here to threaten harm.Be sure the power that mortals holdIs not denied the Brownies bold. So from the nest, without ado, A bunch of serpents soon they drew. And harmlessly as silken bands The snakes were twisted in their… … And every knot to sailors known,Was quickly tied, and quickly shown.Thus round from cage to cage they went,For some to smile, and some commentOn Natures way of dealing outTo this a tail, to that a snoutOf extra length, and then denyTo something else a fair supply. But when the bear and tiger…
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