Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 575
T was on a springy morning, and a rather shaky stile,I met an Aged Person with some taffy and a smile;And while the one diminished and the other slowly grew,That person old this story told, which here I tell to yon: … Now, as I said before I spoke, the Prince of BanderwhagWas fond of all athletic sports (but tiddledywinks and tag),And so he held a tournament outside his castle wall,And forty knights within two weeks responded to his call. When the day arrived, the gathering of spectators was immense,And (though…
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