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 The exerted voice she yet may hear." The savage called, and a wilder cry Ne'er thrilled upon Tartarean gloom, Wrung from a soul in agony:— You'd deem a voice from out the tomb Alone could wake that echo shrill Responsive from the neighbouring hill. No voice replied. In baffled pride Muntookan laid him by the side Of the embers dim, which fitful showed The swarthy forms around that glowed. The gaunt white stems of the trees around Moaned in the breeze with solemn sound: The hoarse frog croaked in dismal tune From the weedy shore of the near lagoon; The mournful note of the cuckoo seemed To wail a crime yet unredeemed, As nightly here, exiled from home The ghost of the spring bird wept its doom: The hungered dog in the distant dell Discordant howled with painful yell. But darker than surrounding shade, Than the gloomy sounds by night conveyed. The mingled tide of wrath and pride