Be kind to the Poet
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The gentlest of animals
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Lending us his heart, his mind
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Absorbing all our ills
In the desert of the epithet
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He precedes the prophets
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On his aching camel
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He very honestly frequents
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Giving for us, good beast
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His poor body to the crows
He translates in clear language
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Let's give him, for his day