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...A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew; And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...— But, as he read, from clustering pine and cedar 324 LITERARY CALIFORNIA The fir-trees, gathering closer in the shadows, Listened in every spray, While...