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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 562

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ilor To fasten his coat with buttons of flowers. The little maid Betty stood dreaming, andwaiting,In the hope that a sweet little ancientbeau,In blue-flower buttons and primrose satin,With a princes feather his fine cocked hat in,Would come through her garden, a-peeringlow. Then Betty planned she… … mighty king was Sigurd the Crusader; The earths wide orb could scarce contain his fame.Neer faced the Turk a lordlier invader,Nor flashed a brighter sword a deadlier flame.When home he steered to Norways mountains hoaryFrom battles with the dusky Saracen,Each Norseman felt the prouder for his…

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