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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
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Let fall the flagon, died of simple fear. So all say,—so dost thou say?""Wherefore not?"Ferishtah smiled: "though strange, the story stands Clear-chronicled: none tells it otherwise: The fact's eye-witness bore the cup, beside."
"And dost thou credit one cup-bearer's tale,False, very like, and futile certainly,Yet hesitate to trust what many tonguesCombine to testify was beautifulIn deed as well as word? No fool's reportOf lion, stag and spider, but immenseWith meaning for mankind,—thy race, thyself?"
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