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Rh These could never reach the Island, But forlorn, forsaken beings, To and fro they ever drifted, With the currents and the tempests, Till, at last, they sank to silence, In the sleep that is eternal.

While Abeka mused and pondered On the mystery of his new life, Came a voice of softest cadence, Floating on the gentle breezes, Floating like a cloud in summer. Though the accents thrilled Abeka, And he knew their fullest meaning, Yet the words were not a language Spoken by the Earthly nations.

All around they felt a Presence, In the shadows It was near them, In the sunlight It was with them, But their eyes could not behold It.