Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 373
A host their plumes and banners shake In joust with breezes bold,And golden-rods bright championsmake The Field of the Cloth of Gold. The butterflies with blazoned wings Are heralds for the fight,And many a lovely lady flings Her token to her knight.And so, amid their gorgeous suite, With pomp and… … I KNOW a field, a sunny field, But not in sunny France;And there is neither glint of shield Nor gleam of pennoned lance;Nor does the wind toss knightlyplumes,Nor silken tents unfold,And yet in autumn it becomesThe Field of the Cloth of Gold. For when the haze of summer days Has melted from the…
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