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ATLANTIS.
Whose beds are gems, whose waters pure and slow,
Seem stained with yellow dates, where palms their shadows throw.
Seem stained with yellow dates, where palms their shadows throw.
VIII.
"And lo, the stealthy leopard o'er her plains
Basks in the sun his lustrous black and gold;
And scarlet plumes and snow of feathery trains
Flicker among the grasses of the mold;
With many a graceful coil and flexile fold
Do gayly glittering serpents charm the sight;
Unstinted there are fadeless hues outrolled
Of amber, blushing rose, and lucid white—
So fair is Acta's land, so blooming-rich and bright!"
"And lo, the stealthy leopard o'er her plains
Basks in the sun his lustrous black and gold;
And scarlet plumes and snow of feathery trains
Flicker among the grasses of the mold;
With many a graceful coil and flexile fold
Do gayly glittering serpents charm the sight;
Unstinted there are fadeless hues outrolled
Of amber, blushing rose, and lucid white—
So fair is Acta's land, so blooming-rich and bright!"
IX.
They murmured in their halls, and near and far,
From lip to lip in haste the tale was told,
With voice of rising wrath and vaunt of war,
Fast-gathering ranks and counsels manifold.
The laughing children at their games grew bold,
Commanding "Give us arrows, sharp and strong!
They murmured in their halls, and near and far,
From lip to lip in haste the tale was told,
With voice of rising wrath and vaunt of war,
Fast-gathering ranks and counsels manifold.
The laughing children at their games grew bold,
Commanding "Give us arrows, sharp and strong!
