large/2254/ballads_cheechako_0811_librivox_64kb_mp3/12_balladofgum-bootben_service_hp_64kb_12
large/2254/ballads_cheechako_0811_librivox_64kb_mp3/12_balladofgum-bootben_service_hp_64kb
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"I scaled the peak; my heart was weak, yet on and on I pressed. I SCALED THE PEAK MY HEART WAS WEAK YET ON AND ON I PRESSED
 it fell on me a spell of wander-lust was cast. The land was still and strange and chill, and cavernous and vast; And sad and dead, and dull as lead, the valleys sought the snows; And far and wide on every side the ashen peaks arose. "The moon was like a silent spike that pierced the sky right through; The small stars popped and winked and hopped in vastitudes of blue; And unto me for company came creatures of the shade, And formed in rings and whispered things that made me half afraid. "And strange though be, 'twas borne on me that land had lived of old, And men had crept and slain and slept where now they toiled for gold; Through jungles dim the mammoth grim had sought the oozy fen, And on his track, all bent of back, had crawled the hairy men. "And furthermore, strange deeds of yore in this dead place were done. They haunted me, as wild and free I roamed from sun to sun; Until I came where sudden flame uplit a terraced height, A regnant peak that seemed to seek the coronal of night. HE FEET OF MEN HAVE BEEN AND SO IT FELL ON ME A SPELL OF WONDER LUST WAS CAST THE LAND WAS STILL AND STRANGE AND CHILL AND CAVERNOUS AND VAST AND SAD AND DEAD AND DULL AS LEAD THE VALLEYS SOUGHT THE SNOWS AND FAR AND WIDE ON EVERY SIDE THE ASHEN PEAKS AROSE THE MOON WAS LIKE A SILENT SPIKE THAT SPEARED THE SKY RIGHT THROUGH THE SMALL STARS POPPED AND WINKED AND HOPPED IN VASTITUDES OF BLUE AND UNTO ME FOR COMPANY CAME CREATURES OF THE SHADE AND FORMED IN RINGS AND WHISPERED THINGS THAT MADE ME HALF AFRAID AND STRANGE THOUGH BE TWAS BORN ON ME THAT LAND HAD LIVED OF OLD AND MEN HAD CREPT AND SLAIN AND SLEPT WHERE NOW THEY TOILED FOR GOLD THROUGH JUNGLES DIM THE MAMMOTH GRIM HAD SOUGHT THE OOZY FEN ON HIS TRACK ALL BENT OF BACK HAD CRAWLED THE HAIRY MEN AND FURTHERMORE STRANGE DEEDS OF YORE IN THIS DEAD PLACE WERE DONE THEY HAUNTED ME AS WILD AND FREE I ROAMED FROM SUN TO SUN UNTIL I CAME WHERE SUDDEN FLAME UPLIT THE TERRACED HEIGHT A REGNANT PEAK THAT SEEMED TO SEEK THE CORONAL OF NIGHT
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