Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 139
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… … But when he stood within the hall, He thought his wits astray :It was as full as it could holdOf Douglas henchmen, who beholdA little child with curls of goldA-toss in merry play, While sounds her laughter sweet and shrill, And fearless as the breeze,As thus she tries a bolder course,And holds with…
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