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APOLOGY by IBN AL-HADDAD

First Line: FORGIVE YOUR FAITHFUL FRIEND
Last Line: ITS AUREOLE OF LIGHT.

Forgive your faithful friend
Should he by chance offend:
Perfection unalloyed
Too rarely is enjoyed.

All things, by nature's law,
Contain a fatal flaw:
The lantern smokes, despite
Its aureole of light.



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