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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
"Easily!His mother bore him, first of those four wivesProvided by his father, such his luck:Since when his business simply was to breatheAnd take each day's new bounty. There he stands―Wherelse had I stood, were his birth-star mine?No, to respect men's power, I needs must seeMen's bare hands seek, find, grasp and wield the swordNobody else can brandish! Bless his heart,’Tis said, he scarcely counts his fingers right!"
"Well, then—his princely doles! from every feastOff go the feasted with the dish they ateAnd cup they drank from,—nay, a change besidesOf garments' . . .
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