Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 348
For a cruel spell on the Princesslies No mortal can undoTill one shall look into her eyes And tell their color true. And some do vow her eyes are green,And some that they are black; And many a knight rides forth, I ween,But never a one rides back. THE MILLERS QUEST. 9II … The millers son at the portal knocks, At the Princess feet he bends,And he tosses aside his floury locks And a floury cloud ascends. The Princess face in a mist of white Is veiled as with a veil,And her eyes are dimmed of their deadly light, And the miller doth not quail. The Princess hair hath…
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