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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
Which never tumbled but stuck fast on neck.Was not I glad and thankful!""How could headTumble from neck, unchopped—inform me first!Unless we take Firdusi's tale for truth,Who ever heard the like?""The like might hapBy natural law I let my staff fall thus—It goes to ground, I know not why. Suppose,Whene'er my hold was loosed,hold was loosed, it skyward sprangAs certainly, and all experience provedThat, just as staves when unsupported sink,So, unconfined, they soar?""Let such be law—Why, a new chapter of sad accidents
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