Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 66
ffin, and the sphinx,And the fiery chimera also thrived in that dim era Where towers Mount Parnassus and the clear Alpheus sinks. But a fiercer foe and greater was the man-exterminator, Who several centuries later through the wilderness did tear. But though he was ferocious, and his conduct most… … 54 THE CAPTURE OF THE UNICORN. All of these the brute resembled, and thebravest warrior trembledWhen he woke the mountain echoes withhis loud, defiant roar. But by far the strangest feature of this ^ awe-inspiring creatureWas a horn of large dimensions which adorned his deer-like head. ,..-. . \…
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