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Rh Great Dasarath, the King of Oude,
 * Whom all men love and fear,

With elephants and horses proud
 * Went forth to hunt the deer.

Oh gallant was the long array!
 * Pennons and plumes were seen,

And swords that mirrored back the day,
 * And spears and axes keen.

Rang trump, and conch, and piercing fife,
 * Woke Echo from her bed!

The solemn woods with sounds were rife
 * As on the pageant sped.

Hundreds, nay thousands, on they went!
 * The wild beasts fled away!

Deer ran in herds, and wild boars spent
 * Became an easy prey.