English poem
Then spake his devilish mother: “I did it for your sake
by Mary Pickering Nichols (1829–1915)
Then spake his devilish mother: “I did it for your sake, Thinking her will to bridle. My bidding kindly take; Strongly built is the castle, let now the gates be fastened; They then will gain but little who on their toilsome way have hither hastened.
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- Then the kings were hallowed, as in days of yore
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