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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 36

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but a lady fair;And her only chains were her golden hair. To the lord of the castle then they go: Shall we light a fire of pitch and tow,And burn the witch who hath cheated usso? ; And would we once more Sir Richard re-lease,His raids on our outlying lands should cease;And they both would pray for… … ZOOKS! CRIED HE, INSTEAD OF SIR RICHARD YE *VE LADY LETE. And the ring ye have seen we confided freeTo a stripling, comely enough to see,Who said that the jewelers son was he. Now the riddle is read, for the jewelers son,And the Knight who rode till his errand was done,And the witch and the Lady…

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