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Rh Quick compliance made Abeka, And upon a couch of bearskin Left his body, still and lifeless, Guarded by his faithful deer-hound.

Thrilling with a sense of freedom, Bounding forward like a red deer, Sweeping onward like an eagle, Like an arrow flew Abeka. Forests, rivers, glens and mountains, All were there; but greater beauty Clothed the face of hill and valley, Brighter blossoms decked the woodland, Birds he saw of rarest plumage, All the beasts had lost their shyness— Timid fawns seemed not to fear him.

As the sun shines through the water, As the sea gull sails the storm wind, As the moonbeams pierce the forest, So Abeka smoothly glided,