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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAMEL'S HUMP, by PERRIN BACHELLOR FISK
First Line: The camel's hump is there on high
Last Line: As a warning against racing!
Subject(s): Camels
First Line: The camel's hump is there on high
Last Line: As a warning against racing!
Subject(s): Camels
The Camel's Hump is there on high.
His head, the sages think,
Is by the river's brink, where once
He ran to kneel and drink.
But, stumbling in his thirsty haste,
He threw his rider high,
And there lies Mansfield as he fell,
A-staring at the sky.
'T is said this very daring youth
Of giant pride and birth
Had laid a bet on Time, to ride
The camel round the earth.
But, over-driven and weary too,
Here ended all their pacing!
The Fates decreed them thus to lie
As a warning against racing!
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