I am glad the story of it has been at last told, and told so well.

I have now no doubt that thy version of Skipper Ireson's ride is the correct one.

My verse was founded solely on a fragment of rhyme which I heard from one of my early schoolmates, a native of Marblehead.

I supposed the story to which it referred dated back at least a century.

I knew nothing of the participators, and the narrative of the ballad was pure fancy.