Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 289
And calmly looked after his farms. But one day, as he sat in his study, He said to his wife, I tire of home life;I long for an escapade bloody, With danger and jeopardy rife. Now, naught this good woman could ruffle, And she said to her lord, I fear you are bored ;Go out, dear, and hunt up a… … THEN she bade him good-by. HOW SIR MARMADUKE MARS SAVED THE LIFE OF A LION. 821 Sir Marmaduke sallied forth bravely, And marched for a mile, When a huge crocodileStepped up and saluted him gravely, (Though I think that he stifled a smile). Said the crocodile sadly, A lion Lies there in the shade Of…
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