NIGHT-SONG IN THE JUNGLE - Benjamin Franklin King Poems

 
 

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NIGHT-SONG IN THE JUNGLE
Now Chil the Kite brings home the night
    That Mang the Bat sets free.
The herds are shut in byre and hut -
    For loosed till dawn are we.
This is the hour of pride and power,
    Talon and tush and claw.
O hear the call! Good Hunting, All
    That keep the Jungle Law!

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