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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
God once assumed on earth a human shape:(Lo, I have spitten!) Dared I ask the grace,Fain would I hear, of thy subtility,From out what hole in man's corrupted heartCreeps such a maggot: fancies verminousBreed in the clots there, but a monster bornOf pride and folly like this pest—thyselfOnly canst trace to egg-shell it hath chipped."
The sun rode high. "During our ignorance"—Began Ferishtah—"folk esteemed as GodYon orb: for argument, suppose him so,—Be it the symbol, not the symbolized,I and thou safelier take upon our lips.Accordingly, yon orb that we adore
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