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Rh He heeded not for grammar,

Nor did we care to teach,

But soon he learned to stammer

Some words of English speech.

With these our guest would tell us

The things that he liked best,

And order and compel us

To follow his behest.

He ruled us without malice,

But as if he owned us all,

A sultan in his palace

With his servants at his call.

Those calls came fast and faster,

Our service still we gave,

Till I who had been master

Had grown to be his slave.