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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 379

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tacked thePersians valiantly, before therest, headed by the traitor Ephi-altes, should attack them in therear. Many a Persian did they slay,but soon the brave Leonidasfell, mortally wounded. Hiscomrades gathered round him,and, possessed with almost su-pernatural courage, carried allbefore them. But… … [Jan. last for their fair na-tive land. And that night,when the moon roseand cast its silverbeams over the oncemore silent pass, itghted up the faces ofthe fallen heroes —those brave ones whohad resolved to stayand guard their coun-try with their lives,and who are—andwhoever will be—re-membered by…

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