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Title: Treasure trove;
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Case, Leonard, 1820-1880
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Publisher: Boston, J.R. Osgood and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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In the feudal days, in the good old timesOf feudal virtues and feudal crimes, A point of honor theyd make in it,Though sure in the end their flag must fall,To show stout fight and never to callA truce till they saw a hole in the wall Or a larder without any steak in it.
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Tirasjtre- 7 rove. 15 The fight began. Shouts filled the air,— St. George ! St. Denis ! — as here and there The shock of the battle shifted ;There were catapult-shots and shots by hand,Ladders with desperate climbers manned,Rams and rocks, hot lead and sand On the heads of the climbers sifted. But the sturdy churls would not give way.Though Richard in person rushed to the fray With all of his rash proclivityFor knocks ; till, despairing of knightly fameIn doughty deeds for a doubtful claim,The hero of Jaffa changed his game To a masterly inactivity. He stretched his lines in a circle round,And pitched his tent on a rising ground For general supervisionOf both the hostile camps, while heCould join with Blondel in minstrel glee.Or drink, or dice with Marcadee, And they — consume provision. To starve a garrison day by dayYou may not think a chivalrous way 16 Treasiijc- Trove. To take a fortification.The story is dull : by way of relief,I make a digression, very brief,And leave the

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