Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 49
Within a gloomy cave,Deep in a painted wood.With burnished armor made of tin, And broadswords made of lath,They frowned upon the scenery, And bottled up their wrath. For they despised the Tailor BoyWho loved the Lily Maid, … And turned their haughty noses upAt folks who are in trade; And held themselves so very highThat when they strutted round They hardly ever touched the earthExcept on rising ground. Mynheer Jan van der Swannigan, Of high descent was he;His father peddled pepper-pots Along the Zuyder Zee.Sir…
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