Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 851
AND lifting up the sash he thrust his ANXIOUS VISAGE OUT. Said he, It s true,my dear,so youMay bear in hand a light; For, though my heart is good as new,I own a failing sight. Then from a nook the sword he tookHis grandsire used to wear When doing service in the fieldAgainst the Russian Bear. And… … and out they sallied through the door that opened on the green. But he who fights with elfin sprites The enterprise will rue;No common foe are they, I trow, For mortal to subdue. Now quick as thought the elves they caught The grass with nimble hand,And every blade was deftly made To serve for…
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