Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 273
Sir Francis Drake of the Tay,Who was born in a hut beside the Tavy,A famous salt in Elizabeths day,The old sea-dog of the British Navy. 260 THE WISE LITTLE WOMAN WHO OPENED THE PEWS. [Jan. He guarded the coast of England well,And haunted the seas, that old invader,And gathered spoils from the… … HE WOULD TELL IT TO US IN HIS ODD OLD WAY, AFTER THE REVELS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. And flouted King Philip off Trafalgar,And scattered the ships of the Great Armada.The first to sail the Pacific Sea,And first to smoke tobacco, was he. And he said at last, Our coast is hilly,And the northern seas are…
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