Toomai of the Elephants

I will remember what I was, I am sick of rope and chain⁠—

I will remember my old strength and all my forest affairs.

I will not sell my back to man for a bundle of sugarcane,

I will go out to my own kind, and the wood-folk in their lairs.

I will go out until the day, until the morning break,

Out to the winds’ untainted kiss, the waters’ clean caress:

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