An Alphabet of Fairy Tales, Page 12
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MORGIANA
M
A faithful slave
a thieving knave
One night
with dagger slew.
He did intend,
to rob his friend
But MORGIANA
knew.
“The Forty Thieves.”
From the “Arabian Nights.”
NICOLETTE
N
In minstrel’s dress,
in great distress,
Poor NICOLETTE
did go,
Her love to trace,
again embrace,
They loved
each other so.
From “Aucassin and Nicolette.”
An old French Story.
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