Go, ye serpents, swift to flee,

War with kinds that have your natures,

I am disenthrall'd and free.

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ABBINOCHI.

A MOTHER'S CHANT TO HER SICK INFANT.

Abbinochi,[123] ] baby dear,

Leave me not—ah, leave me not;

I have nursed with love sincere,

Nursed thee in my forest cot—