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THE GIFT by ABUL ARAB

First Line: YOU GAVE TO ME A CAMEL BLACK
Last Line: BEARING THE CAMEL AND THE LOAD?
Subject(s): CAMELS; GIFTS & GIVING;

You gave to me a camel black
And, loaded on the camel's back,
A load of silver glittered there
The camel struggled well to bear.

Now wonder at me, if you will,
For was it not more wondrous still
How, nourished by your hand, I strode
Bearing the camel and the load?



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