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I asked no other thing

poems--i-asked-no-other-thing

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original ¶1

I asked no other thing. No other was denied. I offered Being for it; The mighty merchant smiled.

v1 ¶1

I asked no other thing. No other was denied. I offered Being for it; The mighty merchant smiled.

original ¶2

Brazil? He twirled a button, Without a glance my way: “But, madam, is there nothing else That we can show to-day?”

v1 ¶2

Brazil? He twirled a button, Without a glance my way: "But, madam, is there nothing else That we can show to-day?"

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