Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 45
g,But yielded to a foreign KnightWho danced upon a foot as lightAs thistle-down, and won the prizeBeyond a doubt. Then each one triesHis skill at games and riddles fitTo test his nimbleness of wit.The three prize-winners stood aside,They did not care to risk their prideExcept where they had proved… … THE MINSTREL. Together here these Princes true,Was that no other plan I knewBy which to find what suitor bestWould prove, when I applied the test.Some men are good, and some are wise,And some for skill and enterpriseAre most renowned. In all the bandWhich one deserves my daughters hand? Then…
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