Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 154
Said the dauntless Scribe of Durley, I shall hie me forth to seeThe midnight raiders who molest my favorite plum-tree. Yestreen I counted thirty plums a-ripeningin all; This evening only twenty-nine are hangingon the wall! I 11 fright the bold marauders forever fromthe scene, For tales of blood and… … This dauntless Scribe of Dur-ley—toward his favoriteplum-tree;And the gruesome armors rustygreaves they rattled ashe trod,And the dint-ed hel-met sway-ed andbent withspectralbeck andnod. He crawledwithin theshadowsdark, andclamberedup the wall.When lo! upon thefurther side uprose a fig-ure tall…
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