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 Thou, whose intellect enlightened,

Plied refinement’s halls Elysian,

And thine apes unwearying polished

On the fine grained stone Parisian,

Thou must add one more attraction

To the gaudy colors’ glare,

Which, to cultured folks’ distraction,

Flaunts upon that savage pair.

Hanuman! thy grief I share it,

But give ear to what I’m saying,

Times shall come we long have dreamed of

Chafing at their long delaying.

When at last we’ll leave behind us

Strife of tongues and wars shall cease,

And one common language bind us

In the golden chains of peace.

All shall then be one in feeling,

One in acting, one in thinking,

From one single fount of wisdom

Thirsty souls shall then be drinking;

Hanuman then e’en thine apes shall,

Too, mature to freedom’s ray,

And no fable then, perhaps, shall

Be my wild fantastic lay.