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"O children and grandchildren! the Karens will yet dwell in the city with the golden palace. If we do well,

the existence of other kings is at an end. The Karen king will yet appear, and, when he arrives, there will be happiness."

For this they have been in the habit of praying. The following are specimens of their prayers :

"O Lord, we have had affliction for a long succession of generations; have compassion, have mercy upon us, O Lord. The Taling kings have had their season, the Burman kings have had their season, the Siamese kings have had their season, and the foreign kings, all have had their season; the Karen nation remains. Let our king arrive, O Lord. Thou, O Lord, whom we adore, to whom we sing praises, let us dwell within the great town, the high city, the golden palace. Give to us, have compassion upon us, O Lord."

"O Lord, the God whom we adore, have compassion, have mercy upon us. Let us have kings, and let the city, the town, the great town, the silver city, the new town, the new city, the palace, the royal residence arrive to us all, O Lord. Have compassion, and grant unto us,

O great God."

Sometimes they represent themselves metaphorically as becoming civilized, while other nations become barbarous :

"The elders said, Children and grandchildren! the high mountain will be levelled; and the plain will become a sink. The deer will ascend the mountains, and the wild goat will descend to the plains."

"The great mountain will become a plain,
Children be happy and play:

The great mountain will be levelled,
Children be joyful and play."

Some compositions represent the Karen king as the sole monarch of the earth, and that there will be neither rich

nor poor in their reign, but that all will be happy.

"Good persons, the good,

Shall go to the silver town, the silver city;

Righteous persons, the righteous,

Shall go to the new town, the new city;
Persons that believe their father and mother,
Shall enjoy the golden palace.

When the Karen king arrives,
There will be only one monarch;

When the Karen king comes,

There will be neither rich nor poor;

When the Karen king shall arrive,

There will be neither rich man nor poor;

When the Karen king shall come,

Rich and poor will not exist."

They believe when the Karen king comes, the beasts will be at peace, and cease to bite and devour one another.

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