Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 248
d, The powers of darkness that good men hate,Are vexed with my master, who falters notIn faithful service, early and late ? Ay, that they are, said the master, nodoubt!Said the prentice-boy, Their time isnight;And it may be they like not this wondrouswork,Which thou risest to do ere peep of light!… … a sight he beheld that froze his VK1NS — AN IMPISH PROCESSION OF TAPERS SMALL! XVI. Thus runs the legend, which also saithSpite of his pranks Buonamico became, When the years were fled, and Tafi was gone,A painter who rivaled his masters fame.
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