The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-11-27
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BRONZE JOHN AND HIS SAFFRON
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By MARY wALsINGHAM.
Came riding forth on charger bold
From the land of the citron bloom
A stalwart knight with lance of gold
And a dancing, yellow plume. Dy5
His shield was of bronze, and his he'll
met high; 5iif2 III a.iF4& sos
OF fame was his breath and of fire his
And s:sif,s was the flight of the char.
ger by 8,s3.. 4sjIs s;ii} Ia ~
OF this knight with the yellow plume
Away and away over field and void
Over city and mountain high! q ~
And sharp was the fash Of that lance
so bold,
And the glance Of that fiery eye.
Here was body, and there was a bier;
He slew one here, and he. felled one
there; .'s's.'iasl'f ~ Psi -
"'Away to the feast Of death else.
wherev .h.qt,,.
Sang the knight as he clattered by
Then down to the Garth Sea he rides,
And over the Gulf with speed, ly
And up where the deadly mocassiu
In the noxions. bending weed; .
Up, up, where the meteor's light burn.
ed blue, q ~. 'i@ III
And the foul fog hung, and the cypress
Aud tie rattlesnake Kissed, through,
the swamp he flew, t!as es HHf
Bronze John on his saffron steed.
Wherever the blast Of the tropics blew
On the bayou's stagnant flnme,
Or the deadly "dwale, " or the hemlock
grew, ,.
Or the livid lotus bloom 1&si2sS
Wherever the south wind blew again
From helascious slopes of the Span.
ish Main, ~
He rode, and he rode, and he scattered
UOsCS IE14T f=tfTtEffJGtf sa+g.y-
Bronze John and his saffron plume.
Rap, rap, rap, on the city wall
Rap, rap, and "What, no! indeed
And who Is there?'' Quoth. the warder
tall. gl ,.4s.,5.
"Bronze John and his saffron steed ~
Qnoth the warder tall, "And who may
Isl you be? 80 tes.rI
And come you from the North Coun-
Or from the infected South, = quotl, he,
.Bronze John and your saffron
+ 7 Z steed?" sf's'' -
Rap, rap rap, on the city gate,
And 'tOpt II, thou fool, to me!''
Quotl, the bold Don. John, with his
lance III wait; 800 '5s'
81 come from tile South Countrie.
The challenging knight of the brazel,
shield,
And Isummon this fortress to quickly
yielln
First I'd see thee dead:!'' quoth the
warden chield, fIi
And, trembling, clattered the key.
Then back dr., drew the knight on his cha, char.
ger bold 90. #
And jeyeled his iayelin. KEEN sass
One blow on the gate with his barb Of
gold. = 80 .s.'
And where was the, warden thens
Here was a BODY. and there was bier.
The captain Law here. and the sentinel
l.l there; &, eaxi3 sI5,t@ Ig@l9
"a king is Bronze John. and his scep-
tre,s his snearn 9f
: Sang the knight as he galloped again.
.aei'H4iisa6 80 ~ he
And .sHey for the land Of: the DOM he
laughed.
"The land II the citron bloom,
And the potent. knight of the yellow
49, shaft, -.
And the floating yellow plume!
A king is Bronze John, and his, steed is
Death
OF fire is his eye, Of fame his breath
And his lance is. the doom of the
; South & he saith, . :,
i59's atsaa1 sfIa E-ssi9,.1 II
49, s;s. as.
Then away, and away over hill and
glade, s@,E
over city and forest gloom
W Wherever the shade OF the palm tree
Played, 100 slst1
/. Or the rlen magno doom !.
" the south wind 6tew again
From the luscious slopes OF the span
ism main, ~
he roae, ana ne rode, ana ne Grew ou'
pron ,ss' .iohr and Mo, s.tf.on n,ume
81 ~, sts,. ore ,-y4.N
,Aw.v ,;La .ha r,na 80 -. ,,,,na =.