Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 137
undred bowmen, fierce in fight, A hundred men-at-arms that night,Did with Black Douglas ride! And straight for Ashley Towers they went. Lord Ashley, Douglas foe,With gallant train had fared that mornTo chase the deer with hound and horn,And knew not of his trampled corn And waving fields laid low.… … [Dec. He galloped madly to the gate,And then threw down his rein;For Ralph, his hench-man, weeping wild,Cried out, My lord, the child! the child!—The lady Maud, by force beguiled,Is by yon robber taen! We held the posternsteadily,And thought to routthe foe; But as Ave strove thelittle maid Too far…
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