Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 209
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN BENNETT Canto IThe Minstrel sings: The snow lies deep on Castle-knowe; The hills are shod with ice;The walls are filled with gnawing rats; The wainscot squeaks with mice;And all stands ironed fast indoors; Who goes out, goeth a-wing;The ports are double-locked and… … And men run here, and men run there, Eke they run up and down,The footman after the little foot-page, And the foot-page after the clown.For the Duke hath lost the Kings signet-ring, Seal of his house and line. Lonely and drear he sits, bitter with fearOf punishment most condign. Yet no man kens who…
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