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It was Sir Christopher Gardiner, / Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, / From Merry England over the sea, / Who stepped upon this continent / As if his august presence lent / A glory to the colony.
You should have seen him in the street / Of the little Boston of Winthrop's time, / His rapier dangling at his feet / Doublet and hose and boots complete, / Prince Rupert hat with ostrich plume, / Gloves that exhaled a faint perfume, / Luxuriant curls and air sublime, / And superior manners now obsolete!