Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 138
ill in sheer amaze: Unguarded were the castle ways! And on the battlements at gazeNo bowmen stood about! But door and wall and castle, all Were empty of the foe,Portcullis up, and drawbridge down !So, wondering much, with many a frown,Through gates as peaceful as the town, Lord Ashleys henchmen go!… … From all the harried country-side Poured men to join the force;And soon six hundred bows of yew,A hundred steel-clad knights so true,Of stalwart pikemen not a few,Had filed along the course. ; St. Andrew! cried Lord Ashley then. Am I awake, or mad ?Stay here, my men, for I will seeWhat sort of…
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