Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 136
they crowdWhen they hear the music loud !Grove and lane and meadow fullSparkle with their shining wool. Blow, Wind, blow Until the forests ring:Teach the eaves the tunes you know. And make the chimney sing! Hither, thither, up and downEvery highway of the town,Huddling close, the white flocks… … OME hither, Rob and Alison,And leave your noisy plays.There is an hour or so till tea,A border tale I 11 tell to ye,—So draw your chairs up cosily Around the cheerful blaze ! Black Douglas rode through Cumberland, And sacked the border-side!A hundred spearmen, bold and bright,A hundred bowmen,…
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