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THE FUR COAT by JAMES STEPHENS

First Line: I WALKED OUT IN MY COAT OF PRIDE
Last Line: AND SNEEZED A WHILE; AND SCRATCHED MYSELF.
Subject(s): FUR TRADE; PRIDE; FURS; SELF-ESTEEM; SELF-RESPECT;
I walked out in my Coat of Pride;
I looked about on every side;

And said the mountains should not be
Just where they were, and that the sea

Was out of place, and that the beech
Should be an oak! And then, from each,

I turned in dignity, as if
They were not there! I sniffed a sniff;

And climbed upon my sunny shelf;
And sneezed a while; and scratched myself.



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