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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
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"Sir, put case, for service done,―Or best, for love's sake,—such and such a slaveSold his allowance of sour lentil soupTo therewith purchase me a pipe-stick,―nay,If he, by but one hour, cut short his sleepTo clout my shoe,—that were a sacrifice!"
"All praise his gracious bearing.""All praise mine—Or would praise did they never make approachExcept on all-fours, crawling till I bade'Now that with eyelids thou hast touched the earth,Come close and have no fear, poor nothingness!'What wonder that the lady-rose I wooAnd palisade about from every wind,
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