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VII.
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Did I hear it half in a dozeLong since, I know not where?
Did I dream it an hour ago,
When asleep in this arm-chair?
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Men were drinking together,Drinking and talking of me;
‘Well, if it prove a girl, the boy
Will have plenty: so let it be.’
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Is it an echo of somethingRead with a boy's delight,
Viziers nodding together
In some Arabian night?
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Strange, that I hear two men,Somewhere, talking of me;
‘Well, if it prove a girl, my boy
Will have plenty: so let it be.’
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