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WAR-BONNET SECTION
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THE MOUNTAINS WITH STORMS FOR WAR-BONNETS
The mountains with storms for war-bonnets,
The mountains with earthquakes for ponies,
Ride on through the hundreds of millions of years,
Talking and laughing through rain, wind and tears;
Volcanoes their brothers, their chieftains, and cronies.
We, too, are their brothers and cronies.
The mountains with earthquakes for ponies,
Ride on through the hundreds of millions of years,
Talking and laughing through rain, wind and tears;
Volcanoes their brothers, their chieftains, and cronies.
We, too, are their brothers and cronies.
They bathe in the oceans then lift up their heads.
They leap from the deep, from the old coral beds.
And conquer the shores again, moving by ages,
While seemingly still as old books with closed pages.
They leap from the deep, from the old coral beds.
And conquer the shores again, moving by ages,
While seemingly still as old books with closed pages.
Beware of the mountains, Oh Babylon men!
The mountains await you, outstay, ride you down.
They charge by like lightning in the sight of slow heaven,
And will conquer the earth ere the sun tumbles down.
The mountains await you, outstay, ride you down.
They charge by like lightning in the sight of slow heaven,
And will conquer the earth ere the sun tumbles down.
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