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IT was a king in Africa	A
He had an only son	B
And none of Europe's crowned kings	C
Could have a dearer one	B
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With good cane arrows five feet long	D
And with a shining bow	E
When but a boy to the palm woods	F
Would that young hunter go	G
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And home he brought white ivory	H
And many a spotted hide	I
When leopards fierce and beautiful	J
Beneath his arrows died	I
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Around his arms around his brow	E
A shining bar was rolled	K
It was to mark his royal blood	L
He wore that bar of gold	K
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And often at his father's feet	M
The evening he would pass	N
When weary of the hunt he lay	O
Upon the scented grass	N
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Alas it was an evil day	O
When such a thing could be	H
When strangers pale and terrible	J
Came o'er the distant sea	H
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They found the young prince mid the woods	F
The palm woods deep and dark	P
That day his lion hunt was done	B
They bore him to their bark	P
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They bound him in a narrow hold	K
With others of his kind	Q
For weeks did that accursed ship	R
Sail on before the wind	Q
Now shame upon the cruel wind	Q
And on the cruel sea	H
That did not with some mighty storm	S
Set those poor captives free	H
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Or shame to those weak thoughts so fain	T
To have their wilful way	O
God knoweth what is best for all	U
The winds and seas obey	O
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At length a lovely island rose	V
From out the ocean wave	W
They took him to the market place	X
And sold him for a slave	W
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Some built them homes and in the shade	Y
Of flowered and fragrant trees	Z
They half forgot the palm hid huts	A2
They left far o'er the seas	Z
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But he was born of nobler blood	L
And was of nobler kind	Q
And even unto death his heart	B2
For its own kindred pined	Q
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There came to him a seraph child	C2
With eyes of gentlest blue	D2
If there are angels in high heaven	B
Earth has its angels too	D2
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She cheered him with her holy words	E2
She soothed him with her tears	F2
And pityingly she spoke with him	G2
Of home and early years	H2
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And when his heart was all subdued	I2
By kindness into love	J2
She taught him from this weary earth	K2
To look in faith above	J2
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She told him how the Saviour died	I
For man upon the tree	H
'He suffered ' said the holy child	C2
'For you as well as me '	-
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Sorrow and death have need of faith	L2
The African believed	M2
As rain falls fertile on the earth	K2
Those words his soul received	M2
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He died in hope as only those	V
Who die in Christ depart	B2
One blessed name within his lips	N2
One hope within his heart	B2

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