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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
Which never tumbled but stuck fast on neck.
Was not I glad and thankful!"
"How could head
Tumble from neck, unchopped—inform me first!
Unless we take Firdusi's tale for truth,
Who ever heard the like?"
"The like might hap
By natural law I let my staff fall thus—
It goes to ground, I know not why. Suppose,
Whene'er my hold was loosed,
hold was loosed, it skyward sprang
As certainly, and all experience proved
That, just as staves when unsupported sink,
So, unconfined, they soar?"
"Let such be law—
Why, a new chapter of sad accidents
Was not I glad and thankful!"
"How could head
Tumble from neck, unchopped—inform me first!
Unless we take Firdusi's tale for truth,
Who ever heard the like?"
"The like might hap
By natural law I let my staff fall thus—
It goes to ground, I know not why. Suppose,
Whene'er my hold was loosed,
hold was loosed, it skyward sprang
As certainly, and all experience proved
That, just as staves when unsupported sink,
So, unconfined, they soar?"
"Let such be law—
Why, a new chapter of sad accidents
