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"Moyarra, I have trembled here In agony of doubt and fear— Mistrusting e'en thy constant heart; Hear but the cause—thou wilt not start. Thou know'st Muntookan (of the race For whom the hills are dwelling-place); Before our gathered tribe, this morn,— E'en now I shudder:—he hath sworn That, ere to-morrow's speeding rays Are quenched in darkness, he will seize Thine own loved Mytah for his bride."2 "Perish the thought!" Moyarra cried— "Nay, hear my tale," she gently said; "But late the tribe have onward strayed;— E'en now, perchance, they seek for me,— Oh ! bliss ! that I have met with thee! I knew, I feared thy soul of flame If sudden to the camp you came;— I thought my o'er-strung heart would break"- 'Nay, weep not, Mytah! this is weak: Am I not here thy cause to try With him who thus hath dimmed thine eye?