Gertrude of Wyoming; Or, the Pennsylvanian Cottage
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XXXVIII. " Or shall we cross yon mountains blue, Whose streams my kindred nation quafif'd ; And by my side, in battle true, A thousand warriors drew the shaft i Ah ! there in desolation cold. The desert serpent dwells alone. Where grass o'ergrows each mould'ring bone, And stones themselves to ruin grown, Like me, are death-like old. Then seek Ave not their camp — for there — The silence dwells of my despair ! XXXIX. *' But hark, the trump ! — to-morrow thou In glory's fire shalt dry thy tears :... E'en from the land of shadows now My father's awful ghost appears ; 77 GERTRUDE OF WYOMING. Amidst the clouds that round us roll, He bids my soul for battle thirst — He bids me dry the last — the first — The only tears that ever burst — From Outalissi's soul ; Because I may not stain with grief The death-song of an Indian chief" ?v%^ >./j^,^yc NOTES. NOTES, Part I. ^ P. 6. Fro7Ji merry mock-bii-cTs song.^ — The mocking-bird is of the form of, hut larger, than the thrush ; and the colours are a mixture of black, white^, and grey.
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