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hunters were up in the light of the morn, High on the clear air their banners were borne; And the steeds that they mounted were bright to behold, With housings that glittered in silver and gold.

Proud at their head rode the chief of Lahore, A dagger that shone with the ruby he wore; And Inde, and Bokhara, and Iran supplied The dogs, staunch and gallant, that coursed at his side.

He wears the green robe of the Prophet’s high line, He is sprung from the chieftain of Mecca’s far shrine;