Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 191
myring !Cried aloud to the waiting Tiglates,The heart of the boy overflowed like the tide: Oh, your Majestys pardon ! (he kneeled ashe cried,) 720 THE FISHER-BOY OF THE EUPHRATES. I have but one wish,— And went speeding away in a chariot proud To go back to my fish, Over meadow and marsh, like a… … THEY showed him the queen. The king almost fainted ; his lady likewise ;The waiters they staggered with doubt andsurprise, And the guards fairly reeled in the gate-way:A fisher, who might have had favors galore,And who asked but for freedom to roam by theshore, In a solitude dread ! —Well, the word…
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