Poem by Joaquin (Cincinnatus Hiner) Miller

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A dull eyed rattlesnake that lay
All loathsome, yellow-skinned, and slept,
Coil'd tight as pine-knot, in the sun
With flat head through the center run,
Struck blindly back. 

1. Byron
2. Sea-Blown
3. Sunset in San Diego
4. Yosemite
5. In Southern California

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