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Of every image that the heart
Takes from the eyeI have no part;
Perception weigheth not with me,
I beg for pure reality.
Anon a touch of madness lies
In the conventions of the wise;
I come with collar torn, a fool,
For all I went to wisdoms school.
Anon I wrap me in the world,
Anon about me tis enfurled;
Pass round the wine, and pass again,
That I may break this tangled skein.
No Saqis glance enchants me here,
Nor any talk of love sincere;
From Mullahs board and Sufis feast
I nothing gain but care increased.
Th time that they had much to do
With me, thy choice and favoured few:
The desert was my upbringing;
I fearless stride before the king.