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BLACK MOUNTAIN.

Upon the velvety moss-grown stone,

Like joyous laughter's ringing tone

Or sporting childhood's merry call.

Up rose the golden morning star,

Brilliant and wonderfully large,

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Above the peak of dim Kiarsarge,

And paused as if for breath, and stood

Upon its brow as if he were

Again the mighty Jupiter,

The king of all of human blood

Of all the teeming earth, and even

Of all the starry gods afar

Sleeping upon the breast of heaven.

Then told a member of our band

A story of enchanted land,

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