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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
I feel thy shoe sent flying at my mouthFor daring—prodigy of impudence—Publish what, secret, were permissible.Well,―one slide further in the imagined slough,—Knee-deep therein, (respect thy reverence!)—Suppose me well aware thy very selfStooped prying through the palm-screen, while I daredSolace me with caressings all the same?Unutterable, nay—unthinkable,Undreamable a deed of shame! Alack,How will it fare shouldst thou impress on meThat certainly an Eye is over allAnd each, to mark the minute's deed, word, thought,As worthy of reward or punishment?Shall I permit my sense an Eye-viewed shame,
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