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POTIPHAR'S WIFE
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XLVIII.
With that he darted forth. And Asenath
Reached at his waist-cloth, rending it atwain;
One portion in her wrathful hand she hath,
One the fast-flying Yûsuf doth retain;
While, in his speed, he flings back bolts and bars
Till, 'scaped, he stands under the mindful stars.