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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
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From the unnumbered host—to shine o'erheadAnd lend thee light,—our twinkle all thy store,—We only take thy love! Mankind, forsooth?Who sympathizes with their general joyFoolish as undeserved? But pain—see God'sWisdom at work!—man's heart is made to judgePain deserved nowhere by the common fleshOur birthright,—bad and good deserve alike.No pain, to human apprehension! Lust,Greed, cruelty, injustice crave (we hold)Due punishment from somebody, no doubt:But ulcer in the midriff! that brings fleshTriumphant from the bar whereto arraignedSoul quakes with reason. In the eyes of GodPain may have purpose and be justified:
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