Now comes the tall man of the mount,
Ku-pulupulu, the Lord of the Woods.
In his train swarm the pigmy gods of the wilds,
The knock-kneed monster Kuli-pe’e—
That subterraneous eater of towns—
And watchful Pi’i-kea, the Roach god.
A blinding smoke blurs the hinter-land;
A milk-white cloud obscures the lowland,
Enshrouding the groves of lehua.
The smoke-rack bulks huge in the upland;—