Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 44
quite right, he said, my darling child. From far and near the Princes comeWith sound of trumpet and of drum;On foot, in litters, and by sea —But all of royal pedigree,All young, all gallant, all in trim, And eagerly the warriors met.With lance in rest and vizor down,All rode to win the floral… … THE FOREIGN KNIGHT. The strongest won: a mighty KnightQuite six feet tall, in armor bright. The Prince not best at anythingFell early in the jousting-ringWithout a word. Then songs were sung,And on the breezes sweet notes rung.The mighty Knight did not appear:For music he had not an ear —A…
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