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A poem set in the wilderness, wherein the Devil and Death are entities in the poem, just off-stage awaiting the narrator. It describes voices and bright eyes disturbing his sleep and implies that what is coming for him is a consequence of his greed.
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Author note: In some parts of Western Australia the natives scratch the semblance of a gigantic footprint with six toes, on the rocks near their camping-places. This is the Devil's track, and is supposed to propitiate him.
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