Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 210
ddle this riddle for me;For if yon fail, by the star-light pale,It shall go ill with thee! ^wrmtiM^m. And lose the ring? said the cooks-knave,And eke thine head beside;Also thy wife, and daughter so fair,—All for a pinch of pride? My birthright stands as good as thine, Since Adam was my sire;♦Thou… … Canto III Shall not men say, an thou hast me hanged,And the scullions story is heard,That a. lord of so high a lineageShould better have kept his word? The scullion climbs to my ladys bower, And falleth upon his knee,Saying, Lend me a skein of crimson grain, To unravel this mystery! 156 YE BALLAD…
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