The wanderer looked forth tremblingly, and lo!
A wide winged Eagle on the darkness came.
Her brood had died,--all died! and wild with wo
And reckless wrath, that terror might not tame--
Chasing the swart cloud from her eye of flame--
She sought the summit of that lonely peak.
She saw the Red Man, and with joyous scream,
Claimed fellowship; but to her iron beak
A single death-flash leapt, and wreathed her scornful neck.