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 Here in accord the Senate cheered revealing

This doubt respondent to the general feeling;

And eager looks upon the king all rivet,

To see what satisfaction he would give it.

But now o’er all the king emerged thrice glorious,

And round and round the Senate glanced victorious,

“Thrice honored be that word, so frank, so human,

Without the useless gloss of flattery’s spangle.

Thee, forthwith, my prime minister I summon:

But know our august work from every angle

In all its parts we’ve marked with diligence.

Not far from here, where round our forest fastness

The sea beach winds and depths of ocean vastness,

Upon a spot to which I’ll lead you hence,

As if in homage, Ocean’s waves have brought us

Of different suits a countless choice, a banquet

Of gems and diamonds of the rarest waters,

That from this store each one of you may prank it

From head to heels in gold galoons and samet,

Lace, silks—whate’er you will—you’ve but to name it.”

This last announcement did indeed occasion

Wild throes of joy to all the apish nation,

From wold and ruin loud the cries were bruited,

Tempests of praise through all the foliage ran,

And thus the king in thunder tones saluted:

“Long live our monarch, mighty Hanuman”

Then, not a moment waiting for his guidance,

Like the wild huntsman’s pack of phantoms chiding

Through wintry woods, that mass of apes roll, gliding

O’er branch and creeper, skip and hop and fly, dance

Through the dense thickets, leap from trees to trees

In one wild avalanche of deafening roar, all