Show I 1 POEM A short time before the downfall of the maya nation the following poem wag was written by one of their race eat eit while there is bread drink drink while there is water the day comes when du t shall darl en the air when a blight shall wither the land when a cloud shall arise when a mountain shall be lifted up when a strong man shall overthrow the city when ruin shall fall upon things when the tender leaf shall be de strayed when eyes shall be closed in death when there shall be three signs on a tree father son and grandson hanging on the same tree when battle and conf ag agnation aaion hll chill be raised and the people scattered abroad in the forest little did tl ey foresee that in about two hundred years the dust from toes foes mounted on the horse till then unknown should dir ko i the air and the leader a strong man overthrow the city ahen hen eyes of indians by the thousands would be closed in death and even grand sire son and child were hung vu ig all for for the yellow sun metal that the gods liked on core ceremonial occasions the iron hand of the vanquisher is hard even tho it hold a cross in the un moment |