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THE ISHMAELITE
Some men have souls like gardens,—
Fair plots of fruitful ground,
Smooth lawns and ways well-order’d,
With chosen blossoms border’d,
And walls to fence them round.
O still and safe and fragrant!
Kind homes of peace and love!
All things uncouth excluding,
Free only to the brooding
Of the great sky above!
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