Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature: An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891. Vols. IXXI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 18611889 | | Knight Falstaff | By Louise Imogen Guiney (18611920) |
| [Born in Boston, Mass., 1861. Died in Gloucestershire, England, 1920. Songs at the Start. 1884.The White Sail, and Other Poems. 1887.] |
| I SAW the dusty curtain, ages old, | |
Its purple tatters twitched aside, and lo! | |
The fourth King Harrys reign in lusty show | |
Behind, its deeds in living file outrolled | |
Of peace and war; some sage, some mad, and bold: | 5 |
Last, near a tree, a bridled neighing row | |
With latest spoils encumbered, saints do know, | |
By Hal and Hals boon cronies; on the wold | |
Laughter of prince and commons; there and here | |
Travellers fleeing; drunken thieves that sang; | 10 |
Wild bells; a taverns echoing jolly shout; | |
Signals along the highway, full of cheer; | |
A gate that closed with not incautious clang, | |
When that sweet rogue, bad Jack! came lumbering out. | | |
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