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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
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Whereon the beggar raised a brow, once moreLuminous and imperial, from the rags."Fool, does thy folly think my foolishnessDwells rather on the fact that God appointsA day of woe to the unworthy one,Than that the unworthy one, by God's award.Tasted joy twelve years long? Or buy a slice,Or go to school!"To school Ferishtah went;And, schooling ended, passed from IspahanTo Nishapur, that Elburz looks above—Where they dig turquoise: there kept school himself,The melon-seller's speech, his stock in trade.Some say a certain Jew adduced the wordOut of their book, it sounds so much the same,
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