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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
Widened by want; for why? beneath the treeDead lay the mother-bird. "A piteous chance!"How shall they 'scape destruction?" sighed the sage—Or sage about to be, though simple still.Responsive to which doubt, sudden there swoopedAn eagle downward, and behold he bore(Great-hearted) in his talons flesh wherewithHe stayed their craving, then resought the sky."Ah, foolish, faithless me!" the observer smiled,"Who toil and moil to eke out life, when loProvidence cares for every hungry mouth!"To profit by which lesson, home went he,And certain days sat musing,—neither meatNor drink would purchase by his handiwork.Then,―for his head swam and his limbs grew faint,—
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