Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 81
ht grace a trained athlete.Two goats once blocked a mountain pass,Contending oer a tuft of grass.Important messages of stateForbade me there to stand and wait;Without a pause, the pair I nearedAnd seized the larger by the beard ;I dragged him from his panting foeAnd hurled him to the plain below.… … Said one, The clubs let me obtainThat Indians use upon the plain,And here I 11 stand to test my power,And swing them round my head an hour; Thus skill and strength and wind they triedBy means they found on every side.Some claimed at once the high trapeze,And there performed with grace and ease;…
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