Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 54
mighty Hercules—the hero andundaunted ! So, after some deep thinking, Eurystheus plan-ned to send him To do a dozen labors, any one of whichmight end him. Labor I. The Nemean lion, accustomed to ravageThe country around, being voted too savage,Our hero was sent to remove him from Earth,With no arms… … Like waves in a tempest they struggle and rock,Till Hercules wins the renowned strangle- lock,And the lion goes down like a log or a post,Repents of his sins, and so gives up the ghost. Labor II. There lived at that epoch, according to story,A terrible monster, whose principal gloryConsisted of…
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