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VI.
Enough.
Who owns “I dare not look on diadems
Without an itch to pick out, purloin gems
Others contentedly leave sparkling”—gruff
Answers the guard of the regalia: “Why—
Consciously kleptomaniac—thrust yourself
Where your illicit craving after pelf
Is tempted most—in the King's treasury?
Go elsewhere! Sort with thieves, if thus you feel—
When folk clean-handed simply recognize
Treasure whereof the mere sight satisfies—
But straight your fingers are on itch to steal!
Hence with you!”
Who owns “I dare not look on diadems
Without an itch to pick out, purloin gems
Others contentedly leave sparkling”—gruff
Answers the guard of the regalia: “Why—
Consciously kleptomaniac—thrust yourself
Where your illicit craving after pelf
Is tempted most—in the King's treasury?
Go elsewhere! Sort with thieves, if thus you feel—
When folk clean-handed simply recognize
Treasure whereof the mere sight satisfies—
But straight your fingers are on itch to steal!
Hence with you!”
Pray, Furini!
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