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THE MAMMOTH.
Unknown majestic beast,
Thy massive trace was found in ages past;
This we adopt, and do not doubt the least,
Thy fame through time will last.
Thy massive trace was found in ages past;
This we adopt, and do not doubt the least,
Thy fame through time will last.
We credit this as truth—
The trace of such a wondrous beast was found;
In by-gone years when time was in its youth,
It traversed o'er the ground.
The trace of such a wondrous beast was found;
In by-gone years when time was in its youth,
It traversed o'er the ground.
Stupendous elephant,
Say not no form was made to equal thine;
Antiquity portrays the past event,
For there he left the sign.
Say not no form was made to equal thine;
Antiquity portrays the past event,
For there he left the sign.
And thou enormous whale,
Whose bulk surpasses all the water train,
With him to measure their attempts all fail,
For thou wouldst swell in vain.
Whose bulk surpasses all the water train,
With him to measure their attempts all fail,
For thou wouldst swell in vain.
But this was far too vast,
His magnitude was not announced as good,
And hence he was not suffered long to last,
But was swept off by the flood.
His magnitude was not announced as good,
And hence he was not suffered long to last,
But was swept off by the flood.
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