... a solemn bleat;

Sent forth as if it were the Mountain's voice,

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As he expressed; for, from the mountain's heart

The solemn bleat appeared to come; there was

No other—and the region all around

Stood silent, empty of all shape of life.

—It was a Lamb—left somewhere to itself,

As he expressed; from out the mountain's heart

The solemn bleat appeared to issue, startling