Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 54
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… … When you take one from one, the result will be two.Rather taken aback, but still thoroughly game,He called his hired help, Iolaus by name.Then he shaved off the heads as a man would a beard,And the necks (by his servant) were carefully seared,Till the deathless head soon was left grinning alone,And…
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