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_'Gold is for the mistress -- silver for the maid -- / Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade. '_ / 'Good! ' said the Baron, sitting in his hall, / 'But Iron -- Cold Iron -- is master of them all.'
So he made rebellion 'gainst the King his liege, / Camped before his citadel and summoned it to siege. / 'Nay! ' said the cannoneer on the castle wall, / 'But Iron -- Cold Iron -- shall be master of you all!'