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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
Holds herself handsomely? The wilding, now,
Ruffled outside at pleasure of the blast,
That still lifts up with something of a smile
Its poor attempt at bloom" . . .
"A blameless life,
Where wrong might revel with impunity―
Remember that!"
"The falcon on his fist—
Reclaimed and trained and belled and beautified
Till she believes herself the Simorgh's mate—
She only deigns destroy the antelope,
Stoops at no carrion-crow: thou marvellest?"
Ruffled outside at pleasure of the blast,
That still lifts up with something of a smile
Its poor attempt at bloom" . . .
"A blameless life,
Where wrong might revel with impunity―
Remember that!"
"The falcon on his fist—
Reclaimed and trained and belled and beautified
Till she believes herself the Simorgh's mate—
She only deigns destroy the antelope,
Stoops at no carrion-crow: thou marvellest?"
"So be it, then! He wakes no love in thee
For any one of divers attributes
For any one of divers attributes
