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And sure enough in the dim dawn light I missed him from the tent, And a fresh trail broke through the crusted snow, and I knew not where it went. AND SURE ENOUGH IN THE DIM DAWN LIGHT I MISSED HIM FROM THE TENT AND A FRESH TRAIL BROKE THROUGH THE CRESTED SNOW AND I KNEW NOT WHERE IT WENT
ights came forth with a mystic gleam. They danced and they danced the devil-dance over the naked snow; And soft they rolled like a tide upshoaled with a ceaseless ebb and flow. They rippled green with a wondrous sheen, they fluttered out like a fan; They spread with a blaze of rose-pink rays never yet seen of man. They writhed like a brood of angry snakes, hissing and sulphur pale; Then swift they changed to a dragon vast, lashing a cloven tail. It seemed to us, as we gazed aloft with an everlasting stare, The sky was a pit of bale and dread, and a monster revelled there. We climbed the rise of a hog-back range that was desolate and drear, When the Sailor Swede had a crazy fit, and he got to talking queer. He talked of his home in Oregon and the peach trees all in bloom, And the fern head-high, and the topaz sky, and the forest's scented gloom. He talked of the sins of his misspent life, and then he seemed to brood, And I watched him there like a fox a hare, for I knew it was not good.  LIGHTS IN THE CRYSTAL NIGHTS CAME FORTH WITH A MYSTIC GLEAM THEY DANCED AND THEY DANCED THE DEVIL DANCE OVER THE NAKED SNOW AND SOFT THEY ROLLED LIKE A TIDE UP SHOALED WITH A CEASELESS EBB AND FLOW THEY RIPPLED GREEN WITH A WONDROUS SHEEN THEY FLUTTERED OUT LIKE A FAN THEY SPREAD WITH A BLAZE OF ROSE PINK RAYS NEVER YET SEEN OF MAN THEY WRITHED LIKE A BROOD OF ANGRY SNAKES HISSING AND SULPHUR PALE THEN SWIFT THEY CHANGED TO A DRAGON VAST LASHING A CLOVEN TAIL IT SEEMED TO US AS WE GAZED ALOFT WITH AN EVERLASTING STARE THE SKY WAS A PIT OF BALE AND DREAD AND A MONSTER REVELLED THERE WE CLIMBED THE RISE OF A HOG BACK RANGE THAT WAS DESOLATE AND DREAR WHEN THE SAILOR'S SWEDE HAD A CRAZY FIT AND HE GOT TO TALKING QUEER HE TALKED OF HIS HOME IN OREGON AND THE PEACH TREES ALL IN BLOOM AND THE FERN HEAD HIGH AND THE TOPAZ SKY AND THE FOREST SENT IT GLOOM HE TALKED OF THE SINS OF HIS MISSPENT LIFE AND THEN HE SEEMED TO BROOD AND I WATCHED HIM THERE LIKE A FOX A HARE FOR I KNEW IT WAS NOT GOOD
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