Stretched at full length above the towering rock,
Still with unswerving eyes he scanned the lake
And distant hills; nor recked he of the blood
Which gushed in quick pulsations from his side
And stained the unfeeling rock; nor did he see
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The deer who gazed with large and wondering eyes
From out their bushy coverts. Seemed he less
Like man than like the reflex and impress
Of what he saw, - the scene personified.
But once, when overhead a comet's tail,
Omen of strange import, illumed the night,
His yearning eyes descried upon the side
Of what has since been called "Maquaso's Mount"
A solitary fire. Then his heart
Gave one great bound, and quivered with intense
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