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THE SINGER by AL-BUQAIRA

First Line: DID I AUGHT ELSE BUT UTTER
Last Line: HOW THEN SHALL I SING?

Did I aught else but utter
The praises of your name,
Well content to flutter
In your tree of fame?

If you now deny me
The shelter of your wing,
And no more stand by me,
How then shall I sing?



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