Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 185
s to cleanse than the flecked steel: A maidens lawns, fair, fine, and frail, Than the warriors helmet, sword, and mail! Bold Miles Standish, grim at your tub,Down-through the years we see you rub,And the water that whitens the web you holdBrightens your name till it shines like goldClear and clean… … EIGHT CHARADES IN RHYME. (For Answers, see Letter-Box next Month.) By Carolyn Wells. My first, when full, holds many a pound; In my last of my first a duke was drowned. My first of Troy is much renowned; My last an obstacle oft is found; Mid songs and dances they heard the sound Of my whole one…
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