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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
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Very omnipotence had overlookedSuch needs, arranging for thy little life.Nor waste thy power of love in wondermentAt what thou wiselier lettest shine unsoiledBy breath of word. That this last cherry soothesA roughness of my palate, that I know:His Maker knows why Mushtari was made.
Verse-making was least of my virtues: I viewed with despairWealth that never yet was but might be—all that verse-making wereIf the life would but lengthen to wish, let the mind be laid bare.So I said "To do little is bad, to do nothing is worseAnd made verse.
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