Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 467
.But people laughed and pointed outHis failings as he moved about,And in a dozen ways made lightOf his apparent wretched plight. At last the monarchs patience went,His form no more was weak and bent,But sudden rising straight and tall,He looked the strongest of them all.Across his knee the staff he… … HE flung aside the beggar s cloak. i9°4-] THE KING IN DISGUISE. 455 But when they would have formed a ringTo pay the homage due a king,He waved them with his hand aside. I ve proved you all to-day, he cried. The person who denies me breadShall pay the forfeit with his head! For years thereafter, it…
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