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Song Of Yoomy

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Departed the pride, and the glory of Mardi:     The vaunt of her isles sleeps deep in the sea,     That rolls o'er his corse with a hush,     His warriors bend over their spears,     His sisters gaze upward and mourn.     Weep, weep, for Adondo is dead!     The sun has gone down in a shower;     Buried in clouds the face of the moon;     Tears stand in the eyes of the starry skies,     And stand in the eyes of the flowers;     And streams of tears are the trickling brooks,     Coursing adown the mountains.--     Departed the pride, and the glory of Mardi:     The vaunt of her isles sleeps deep in the sea.     Fast falls the small rain on its bosom that sobs,--     Not showers of rain, but the tears of Oro.

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