Ya ho! ya ho! the quarry's traced,

Six years of search have ended now,

The fairest doe that ere was chased,

To her we make a lowly bow.

[The courtiers all make obeisance to Emma.]

THE TALL PALMETTO
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OTHER POEMS

THE TALL PALMETTO

The dense live-oaks were swept with wrath,

The rubber trees swung roots in mire,

A fine-leafed cedar tittered spite,