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Rh I looked my last on the timber, I looked my last on the snow,

When I went hunting Adam-zad fifty summers ago!

"I knew his times and his seasons, as he knew mine, that fed

By night in the ripened maizefield and robbed my house of bread;

I knew his strength and cunning, as he knew mine, that crept

At dawn to the crowded goat-pens and plundered while I slept.

"Up from his stony playground—down from his well-digged lair—

Out on the naked ridges ran Adam-zad the Bear;

Groaning, grunting, and roaring, heavy with stolen meals,

Two long marches to northward, and I was at his heels!

"Two full marches to northward, at the fall of the second night,

I came on mine enemy Adam-zad all panting from his flight.