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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.

1. THE EAGLE.

Dervish—(though yet un-dervished, call him soNo less beforehand: while he drudged our way,Other his worldly name was: when he wroteThose versicles we Persians praise him for,—True fairy-work—Ferishtah grew his style)—Dervish Ferishtah walked the woods one eve,And noted on a bough a raven's nestWhereof each youngling gaped with callow beak
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