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Stanza 5 76

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“All Aethiopians are, yet ’twould appear, they held communion with men better bred:

  • Some words of Arab parlance here we hear imported sounds their mother-speech amid:
  • A flimsy wrapper of tree-wool they wear a-twisted tight about each kinky head;
  • while other pieces dipt in azure tinct, are round their middles and their shame precinct.
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