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Inscription
From At Sundown
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The eagle, stooping from yon snow-blown peaks,
For the wild hunter and the bison seeks,
In the changed world below; and finds alone
Their graven semblance in the eternal stone.
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MLA
Whittier, John Greenleaf. “Inscription.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whittier/451/.
Chicago
Whittier, John Greenleaf. “Inscription.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whittier/451/.
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