Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 75
. Then up rose the king: Bring him here. If he fail in this task, he shall swingBy the nape of his neck from the end of a string!If he win, all my wealth at his feet I will fling,This madman who shaves without shaving. Then the king and the court and court-coun-selors three,Men-at-arms, knights and… … THE BARBER OF SARI-ANN. 63 What strange magic arts, what fell mystery,What grim abracadabra this system might beTo get rid of beards without shaving! : Now promise, O Sire, since my life is at stake,That all methods, not cutting, I ve freedom to take;That you will not once ask me my task to…
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