1. By my life! I shall not forget the hands
That have favored me, nor the grace for which I am grateful,

2. The father of cubs called me when
Dangers were striking from all quarters, which I feared,

3. And he saved me from them though I dreaded
To become captive to a fate beyond remedy,

4. And I am not of those whose favors are lost
When the vision of an owl cannot see what makes it wander.