Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 989
en a firm resolve rose in her —Lit the troubled little face.Not a moment to be wasted;Breathless, hurrying from the placeOn an errand fraught with mercy,Straight she to her father sped;Humbly kneeling down before him.Lowly bowed the dainty head, But we pardon this, and tell youOf our wise and just… … While the sweet lips, red and quiveringFaltered out her anxious plea,Told her pity for the captive,Begged Sir Guy to set him free.But he answered, sternly gazingOn the downcast face so fair:Can our daughter doubt the justiceOf the house of Atheldare? And Sir Guy paused for a moment.All his anger…
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