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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
I
(His Landing on The Island)
Heaven-sent,
In his dolphin-drawn canoe
From worlds unknown
He landed on our shores.
The very palms
Bowed down their heads
In welcome to the coming King.
II
(His Meeting With The Beetle)
By moonlight in the mountains
He communed with beasts.
The shy Jabizri brings him picture-words
Of great distress.
III
(He liberates The Lost Families)
Big was his heart with pity;
Big were his hands with strength.
See how he tears the mountain like a yam!
See how the lost ones
Dance forth to greet the day!
IV
(He Makes Fire)
Our land was cold and dying.
He waved his hand and lo!
Lightning leapt from cloudless skies;
