Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 264
He feels, astonished, his strength decline.He fails, he droops, by the blackberry vine,And cold in his veins is the ebbing wine,Prince Elecampane of the Golden Plume. The spiders spin him a silvery shroud,The bees go buzzing abroad his doom. He trails in the dust his shriveling crest, And the… … THE STATUE. By Tudor Jenks. A traveler came to a certain great city, and Your welcome is most courteous, answered as he entered through one of its wide gates a the traveler, and I thank you for it. passer-by spoke to him. You must not fail to see the statue in our ^Velcome, sir, said the citizen. I…
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