Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 483
son Jones. Now Chris, as his intimates called him for short, (If very familiar, Chrissie),Considered the sportiest game of all sportWas tackling wild monsters of every sort, Which kept him most hustlingly busy;For dragons, and griffins, and hippogriffs grim, Were thicker than flies in that… … 316 THE BALLAD OF SIR CHRISTOPHER J. JONES 317 One evening, when wearied with toils of thechase— An evening of bright hunters moontime—Our hero drew rein in a still, woodsy place,Where fain would he rest him, and slumbera space, Having slain ninety monsters since noontime.His chestnut he tied to a…
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