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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
'Black' I expect, and 'White' ensues reply:No hesitation for what speck, spot, splashOf either colour's opposite, intrudesTo modify thy judgment. Well, for beans.Substitute days,—show, ranged in order, Life—Then, tell me its true colour! Time is short,Life's days compose a span,—as brief be speech!Black I pronounce for, like the Indian Sage,—Black—present, past and future, interspersedWith blanks, no doubt, which simple folk style GoodBecause not Evil: no, indeed? Forsooth,Black's shade on White is White too! What's the worstOf Evil but that, past, it overshadesThe else-exempted present?—memory,
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