Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 381
To Cadiz, the Silver Cup of Spain.He circled the globe like a burning snake,Master-thief for Englands sake. The glistening har-vest Spains flailhad threshedFrom the Indian Is-lands, all enmeshedIn her bitter bondage, this pirate stoleWith a crimson handand a singing soul—More bars of silverand… … Had stricken and slain and plundered—goneBefore their eyelids were well awake,Before their weapons were well aware,Till never a grove of cinnamonNor listening, fronded forest whereGolds and greens were interblent,As sun and shadow came and went,But shivered for dread of English Drake! He loved his…
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