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It's death for all if ye linger here, and that's no cursed lie; Go on, go on while the trail is good, and leave me down to die." IT'S DEATH FOR ALL IF YOU LINGER HERE AND THAT'S NO CURSED LIE GO ON GO ON WHILE THE TRAIL IS GOOD AND LEAVE ME DOWN TO DIE
ently bright, it cleft the night with a wavy golden edge. Pennants of silver waved and streamed, lazy banners unfurled; Sudden splendors of sabres gleamed, lightning javelins were hurled. There in our awe we crouched and saw with our wild, uplifted eyes Charge and retire the hosts of fire in the battlefield of the skies. But all things come to an end at last, and the muskeg melted away, And frowning down to bar our path a muddle of mountains lay. And a gorge sheered up in granite walls, and the moose trail crept betwixt; 'Twas as if the earth had gaped too far and her stony jaws were fixt. Then the winter fell with a sudden swoop, and the heavy clouds sagged low, And earth and sky were blotted out in a whirl of driving snow. We were climbing up a glacier in the neck of a mountain pass, When the Dago Kid slipped down and fell into a deep crevasse. When we got him out one leg hung limp, and his brow was wreathed with pain, And he says: "'Tis badly broken, boys, and I'll never walk again. QUIVERED BACK TO A WEDGE ARDENTLY BRIGHT IT CLEFT THE NIGHT WITH A WAVY GOLDEN EDGE PENNANTS OF SILVER WAVED AND STREAMED LAZY BANNERS UNFURLED SUDDEN SPLENDOURS OF SABRES GLEAMED LIGHTNING JAVELINS WERE HURLED THERE IN OUR AWE WE CROUCHED AND SAW WITH OUR WILD UPLIFTED EYES CHARGE AND RETIRE THE HOSTS OF FIRE IN THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE SKIES BUT ALL THINGS CAME TO AN END AT LAST AND THE MUSGAG MELTED AWAY AND FROWNING DOWN TO BAR OUR PATH A MUDDLE OF MOUNTAINS LAY AND A GORGE SHEARED UP IN GRANITE WALLS AND THE MOOSE TRAIL CREPT BETWIXT TWAS AS IF THE EARTH HAD GAPED TOO FAR AND HER STONY JAWS WERE FIXED THEN THE WINTER FELL WITH A SODDEN SWOOP AND THE HEAVY CLOUDS SAGGED LOW AND THE EARTH AND SKY WERE BLOTTED OUT IN A WHIRL OF DRIVING SNOW WE WERE CLIMBING UP A GLACIER IN THE NECK OF A MOUNTAIN PASS WHEN THE DAGO KID SLIPPED DOWN AND FELL INTO A DEEP CREVASSE WHEN WE GOT HIM OUT ONE LEG HUNG LIMP AND HIS BROW WAS WREATHED IN PAIN AND HE SAYS TIS BADLY BROKEN BOYS I'LL NEVER WALK AGAIN
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