Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 668
twenty years or betterI have run a dangerous race; And by hook and crook and cunningBarely kept my head in place. If I fall in lake or river, Soon, in spite of rank and show,Down beneath the yielding waters Like the meanest slave I go. But the sheik is growing bolder,More exacting every hour; And,… … No! I 11 mix a potent compoundThat with sleep shall soothe his brain Days and nights he 11 lie unconsciousEre he lifts his lids again. To the sheik he brought the mixtureThat would scarce a thimble fill, Saying, Drink, O royal master!And be what your Highness will. But the tyrant, now…
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