. St. Nicholas [serial]. AND lifting up the sash he thrust his ANXIOUS VISAGE OUT. Said he, It s true,my dear,so youMay bear in hand a light; For, though my heart is good as new,I own a failing sight. Then from a nook the sword he tookHis grandsire used to wear When doing service in the fieldAgainst the Russian Bear. And out they sallied through the doorThat opened on the green, The wife behind, the man before,The baying hound between. 926 THE BARON AND THE ELVES. [ and out they sallied through the door that opened on the green. But he who fights with elfin sprites The enterprise will rue
. St. Nicholas [serial]. AND lifting up the sash he thrust his ANXIOUS VISAGE OUT. Said he, It s true,my dear,so youMay bear in hand a light; For, though my heart is good as new,I own a failing sight. Then from a nook the sword he tookHis grandsire used to wear When doing service in the fieldAgainst the Russian Bear. And out they sallied through the doorThat opened on the green, The wife behind, the man before,The baying hound between. 926 THE BARON AND THE ELVES. [ and out they sallied through the door that opened on the green. But he who fights with elfin sprites The enterprise will rue;No common foe are they, I trow, For mortal to subdue. Now quick as thought the elves they caught The grass with nimble hand,And every blade was deftly made To serve for tripping band. The baron brave a flourish gave,And, eager for the fray, A charge essayed with lifted blade,But Stumbled in dismay. He tried in vain with might and main To keep his balance true,But when a snare had caught him fair What could the baron do ? So down at last, both hard and fast, Across the baying hound,With heels above his body cast, He tumbled to the ground. 1904. THE BARON AND THE ELVES. 927 His coronet, so richly set With jewels large and bright, Forsook his head that moment dread,And vanished from his sight. The saber clean had service seen In every peopled zone;But now it flew and broke in two Across a mossy stone. Now faster still his cup to fill,The lady, in affright, Without
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