Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
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So they, who climb to wealth, forgetThe friends in darker fortunes tried.I copied them -- but I regretThat I should ape the ways of pride.William Cullen Bryant
Pure was thy life its bloody closeHath placed thee with the sons of light,Among the noble host of thoseWho perished in the cause of Right.
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Another hand thy sword shall wield, Another hand the standard wave, Till from the trumpet's mouth is pealed The blast of triumph o'er thy grave.
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But I behold a fearful sign,To which the white men's eyes are blindTheir race may vanish hence, like mine,And leave no trace behind,Save ruins o'er the region spread,And the white stones above the dead.
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They talk of short-lived pleasures be it so pain dies as quickly, and lets her weary the fiercest agonies have shortest reign.
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