Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 490
to fight among men,—and the voice dropped low, — but only a worthless cripple, as thou heardst the archonsay this day, and in the despair of my heart I speed. I, too, have viewed the Olympic Gamesand the racers therein, and have marveled thatsuch running should win. Slower are theGrecians in the… … THE VALLEY OF OLYMPIA. became dumb, nor could I face my kind.Long ago would I have dared to die, but that,even in my worthlessness, some use might I beto the race of my lord. A helper indeed hast thou been, ourPhraanes, said Egeria, softly, and her eyesbecame very tender as she remembered howthe…
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