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 BY !H]VJ'i^\^AV[E[R 
 
 VERSES BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE 
 
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 NEW YORK R. H. RUSSELL 
 
 MDCCCXCVII 
 
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 Copyright 1897 
 
 BY 
 
 ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL 
 
Part First. 
 THE DEPARTURE FROM THE FOREST. 
 
 AT 7 HERE the light laughs In through the tree-tops 
 ^ ^ And sports with the tangled glade, 
 
 In the depths of an Afric forest 
 My earliest scenes were laid. 
 
 T N a bower that was merry with smilax 
 ^ From the grimace of no-where, I woke 
 I was born on the first day of April 
 And they called me a jungle joke. 
 
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 ND the voices of birds were about me— 
 And the beat and the flutter of wing; 
 
 While morning returned at the trumpet 
 Of Tusky, our elephant king. 
 
A /TY nurse was a crooning old beldame 
 IVX Who gazed in the palms of my hands 
 And vowed I was destined to travel 
 In many and marvellous lands. 
 
T) UT little I heeded her croaking, 
 ^-^ For I gamboled the whole day long, 
 And swung by my tail from the tree-top, 
 Or joined in the jungle song. 
 
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 THE SONG OF THE JUNGLE. 
 
 The Elephant: 
 
 Oh, I am the lord of the forest and plain ! 
 The Lion, Tigers, etc: 
 
 And we are the beasts that acknowledge your reign 
 The Birds : 
 
 And we are the minstrels that come at your call ! 
 The Monkeys: 
 
 And we are the jesters that laugh at you all ! 
 
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The Elephant: 
 
 Oh, the jungle was meant and was made for my will 
 The Lions, Tigers, etc: 
 
 For the sport of the chase and the zest of the kill ! 
 The Birds: 
 
 For the beating of wings and the echo of song! 
 The Monkeys: 
 
 For gambol and grimace the whole season long! 
 
Chortis, All: 
 
 Htcrrah ! Hurrah / Hurrah / Oh, yes ! 
 
 For all of the tribes that be 
 With homes in the tangled wilderness 
 
 That never a man shall see. 
 
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 T3 UT, alas, for the boasts of the jungle 
 ^^ The men came among us one day, 
 And one with a box that made music 
 Enticed foolish monkeys away. 
 
 ^ I ^HE birds and the beasts of the forest 
 
 ^ Were mute at the marvellous song, 
 But the monkeys crept out of the tree-tops- 
 An eager and wondering throng. 
 
THE birds and the beasts of the forest 
 Kept hidden and silent that day, 
 But the monkey-folk formed a procession 
 And followed the minstrel away. 
 
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 ND thus did we give up the forest 
 To dwell with our brothers, the men 
 
 Farewell to the beautiful jungle ! 
 'Twas long ere I saw it again ! 
 
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Part Second. 
 THE WAYS OF MEN. 
 
 THEN away to a far distant country 
 On a drift that they said was a ship, 
 And I studied the ways of my master 
 And profited much by the trip. 
 
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 ND we sailed to his home in fair Naples, 
 Where I studied the language of men. 
 
 And I sat on a bench with his children. 
 But soon we went sailing again. 
 
A 
 
 ND I made some nice friends on the voyage, 
 And engaged in a pretty romance. 
 
 I charmed all the ladies by climbing, 
 And one of them taught me to dance. 
 
 X /ET often I longed for the jungle — 
 •^ Its song and the rustle of wing— 
 And sometimes at night in my slumber 
 I talked with our elephant king. 
 
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/^^NE morning my master awoke me, 
 ^^ And, dressed in a gaudy new suit, 
 I beheld the New World in the sunlight. 
 And lifted my hat in salute. 
 
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 ND then began troubles and trials — 
 
 Through the streets by a string I was led ; 
 
 Toiling hard all the day for my master. 
 Yet oft going hungry to bed. 
 
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T3 UT he sold me at last to a circus 
 ^-^ And my lot became easier then, 
 So I gave many moments of leisure 
 To acquiring the habits of men. 
 
 T COPIED their manners and customs — 
 ^ I made of each fashion a note; 
 And the children admired my performance 
 And the ladies the cut of my coat. 
 
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13 Y and by I was sold to a banker 
 
 Who was charmed with my ball-rolling feat, 
 And arrayed in a Fauntleroy costume 
 I passed all my time on the street. 
 
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T3 UT alas for my plans of the future! 
 ^-^ He died without leaving a cent, 
 And I had to go out to hard labor 
 To pay for my victuals and rent ; 
 
 TILL I met with a gentleman's valet 
 Who was like me in manner and face, 
 And I told him some stories that pleased him 
 And bribed him to give me his place. 
 
^ I ^HEN I started to serve my new master- 
 
 -*- A bachelor cynic was he, 
 Who quickly saw through the deception 
 And made a proposal to me. 
 
 ^^AID he: ''You're a monkey, you rascal, 
 ^^-^ And an excellent type of the brood ; 
 Let's play a good joke on society 
 By passing you off as a dude." 
 
^^ O he took me at first to his barber, 
 ^^-^ Who shaved me and shortened my hair, 
 And the last tangled trace of the jungle 
 Was gone when I rose from his chair. 
 
A ND then to his tailor and hatter— 
 ^ ^ His hosier and all of the rest, 
 Till at night I was changed from a monkey 
 To a chappie most stylishly dressed. 
 
 A 
 
 ND standing alone and reflecting 
 I thought of the why and the how, 
 * And I wondered what Tusky was doing 
 And what would the jungle say, now. 
 

Part Third. 
 THE BUTTERFLY WHIRL. 
 
 TT was then for the triumphs of conquest 
 ^ Oh, then for the Hfe of the swell ! 
 I dwelt like a lord with my patron 
 In a suite of a gilded hotel. 
 
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 N D we went out to plays and to dinners 
 On the ladies he took me to call — 
 
 And once we received invitations 
 To a beautiful fancy-dress ball. 
 
'^T^WAS a famous affair and it won me, 
 ^ With its titter and tinsel and tune, 
 For it carried me back to the jungle 
 
 And the monkey-dance under the moon. 
 
 ^ I ^HEN I mingled with other diversions. 
 
 J- I learned how to paint and to ride ; 
 I cut a great figure at polo — 
 The science of golfing I tried. 
 

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 S a wheelman I soon became famous 
 And made a great score on the track 
 
 I was known as the king of the scorchers, 
 With the typical bicycle back. 
 
 ^ f ^HEN a girl who was youthful and silly 
 
 -*- Made love to me just for a lark, 
 And came with an elegant turnout 
 And took me to drive in the park. 
 
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A ND I took her out boating next morning, 
 ^ ^ For the face of my charmer was fair ; 
 It carried me back to the jungle — 
 
 To the flowVs that were blossommg there. 
 
T)UT soon, in the midst of my pleasure, 
 
 In the glow of a roseate dream, 
 The boat struck a rock and tipped over 
 And tumbled us both in the stream. 
 
 T^HEN, ho, for the skill of the jungle ! 
 
 ^ The deftness of foot and of hand ! 
 For I hung from a limb and I saved her 
 And drew her at last to the strand. 
 

 A ND then to her home I went proudly 
 ^ ^ To claim the fair maid for my own, 
 But her father demanded a title, 
 
 And hardened his heart like a stone. 
 
 AND now came the death of my patron, 
 ^ That left me alone in the strife, 
 And yearning once more for the jungle, 
 I turned to political life. 
 
Part Fourth. 
 THE RETURN PATH. 
 
 ^ I ^HEN I studied a week to gain knowledge, 
 
 ^ And waded through volumes of stuff, 
 And I found that the only requirements 
 Were cunning and blarney and bluff. 
 
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 ND these I had brought from the jungle 
 Inherited straight from my race — 
 
 With a gift for political music 
 And a truly political face. 
 
 
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'^ I ^H US feeling at home In my labors, 
 ^ My plan was successful, of course. 
 And when they came round with appointments 
 They gave me a job on '*the force.*' 
 
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 ND such was my skill as a roundsman, 
 And talent In keeping the peace, 
 
 That I rose In a year to be Captain, 
 And then to be Chief of Police! 
 
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 ND then, as my years were advancing, 
 So great was their honor and trust, 
 
 That they twined me a chaplet of laurel 
 And sculptured in marble my bust. 
 
\/^ET often I dreamed of the jungle — 
 
 ^ Its song and the rustle of wing — 
 And sometimes still talked in my slumber 
 With Tusky, our elephant king. 
 
 A ^ AHEN, lo, my political party, 
 
 That now was in power and supreme, 
 Conferred a most noble appointment 
 That realized all of my dream. 
 
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I "OR they made me their African envoy, 
 -^ And soon I went sailing again, 
 To meet my old playmates and tell them 
 The ways and the customs of men. 
 
 ^ I ^O calm the dusk native, and gather 
 
 ^ My people in sun-haunted nooks 
 To tell them my story, and teach them 
 The wisdom that cometh of books; 
 
npHE words and the ways of their fathers. 
 
 And deliver my race from its ban, 
 For man did not spring from the monkey, 
 But monkey descejided fro77i man! 
 
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