Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 483
nts aid; And they left their jewels, or dropped their crutches,As token that not in vain had they prayed. T was St. Edwards Day, and the throng, glad-heartedWith the blessing of peace, had gone its way; The last red beam of the sun had departed,And twilight spread through the chapel gray. And the… … IN THE CHAPEL OF KINGS, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. And the aged verger was never the wiser, As he passed that stone and the oaken chair; Though watchful was he as watchful miser,He never discovered my hero was there. When the keys at his leather girdle jingled, How loud did they sound in young Abbotts…
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