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I see before me now a travelling army halting; / Below, a fertile valley spread, with barns, and the orchards of summer; / Behind, the terraced sides of a mountain, abrupt in places, rising high; / Broken with rocks, with clinging cedars, with tall shapes, dingily seen; / The numerous camp-fires scattered near and far, some away up on the mountain; / The shadowy forms of men and horses, looming, large-sized, flickering; / And over all, the sky -- the sky! far, far out of reach, studded with the / eternal stars.