Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 392
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO. BY CATHERINE LEE CARTER (AGE 13). White with snow is the barren earth; The trees stand gaunt against the sky.In that grim castle is no mirth, For if Maud flee not she must die. Dread famine holds her in its hand —The town of Oxford starves also; She cannot… … But not alone she fled that night:Three knights, all armed, did with her go, All dressed alike in shining white,Which was the color of the snow. Thus they escaped the soldiers eyes ; In safety got to Wallingford.Her cousin lost his cherished prize Through three bold knights of fire and sword. A…
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