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ОглавлениеWILD BILL WILLIAMS, METEOR MINER
“ ‘And worshipped with fluency, fervor, and zeal
The mud on the boot-heels of “Crook” O’Neil.’
“ ‘But the captain had quitted the long-drawn strife
And in far Simoorie had taken a wife;
“ ‘And she was a damsel of delicate mold,
With hair like the sunshine and heart of gold.
“ ‘And little she knew the arms that embraced
Had cloven a man from the brow to the waist
“ ‘And little she knew that the loving lips
Had ordered a quivering life’s eclipse,
“ ‘And the eyes that lit at her lightest breath
Had glared unawed in the Gates of Death.
“ ‘(For these be matters a man would hide,
As a general thing, from an innocent bride.) ’
“ ‘With hair like a conflagration,
And a heart of solid brass!’
