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At Crow's Nest Pass

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At Crow's Nest Pass the mountains rend     Themselves apart, the rivers wend         A lawless course about their feet,         And breaking into torrents beat     In useless fury where they blend             At Crow's Nest Pass.     The nesting eagle, wise, discreet,     Wings up the gorge's lone retreat     And makes some barren crag her friend             At Crow's Nest Pass.     Uncertain clouds, half-high, suspend     Their shifting vapours, and contend         With rocks that suffer not defeat;         And snows, and suns, and mad winds meet     To battle where the cliffs defend             At Crow's Nest Pass.

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