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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
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8. TWO CAMELS.

Quoth one: "Sir, solve a scruple! No true sageI hear of, but instructs his scholar thus:'Would'st thou be wise? Then mortify thyself!Baulk of its craving every bestial sense!Say, 'If I relish melons—so do swine!Horse, ass and mule consume their provenderNor leave a pea-pod: fasting feeds the soul.'Thus they admonish: while thyself, I note,Eatest thy ration with an appetite,Nor fallest foul of whoso licks his lips
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