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by Unknown

In a race where the world came to run for the crown;

And so when I won the true heart of my bride,—

My neighbor’s and deadliest enemy’s child,

And child of the kingly war-chief of his tribe,—

She brought me this steed to the border the night

She met Revels and me in her perilous flight,

From the lodge of the chief to the north Brazos side;

And said, so half guessing of ill as she smiled,

As if jesting, that I, and I only, should ride

The fleet-footed Paché, so if kin should pursue