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When man, the hunter, winning in the race, / Had conquered much, and, conquering, grown apace, / Till out of victory he found defeat, / And, having eaten all, had naught to eat,- / Then might some Jeremiah sad have said, / Seeing his hopeless case, "The King is dead!"
But man is master most in power to change; / He turned his forest to a cattle range; / There was no foe to strive with-wherefore strive? / No food to kill-he kept his food alive. / Herding his dinner, see him sit and sing / Serene, "The King is dead! Long live the King!"