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ALL THE PLAINS AND SLOPES OF THE OLD CITY, WITH
ITS WHITE FRAGMENTS AND POOR RUINED HAR-

BOR, LAY AT OUR FEET

FROM THE TIME OF ADAM, BAALBEC BECAME A PLACE
OF ALTARS.

SO THE PATRIARCHS JOURNEYED; SO, TWO THOUSAND
YEARS LATER, JOSEPH AND MARY TRAVELLED INTO
EGYPT

URGING US TO PARTAKE OF THE PRECIOUS STUFF, WITH-
OUT STINT
ASKED HIM IF HE WOULDN'T EXECUTE A LITTLE COM-

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MISSION FOR ME IN THE BAZAARS

THE PATRIARCH KNEW ALL ABOUT JAFFA.
JERUSALEM-ITS BUBBLE-ROOFED HOUSES AND DOMES,
ITS CYPRESS AND OLIVE TREES

A CAMEL TRAIN LED THE WAY THROUGH THE GATES
THE DEPTH OF THEIR FALL

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A VAST INDIFFERENCE TO ALL PUNY THINGS
SANCTUARY IN KARNAK.

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I MADE A PICTURE OF THE FLY-BRUSH BRIGADE
ITS MAGNIFICENT PYLONS OR ENTRANCE WALLS

AND THEN ONCE MORE WE WERE ON THE DONKEYS
THE TEMPLE OF LUXOR . . . ONCE MORE REFLECTING
ITS COLUMNS IN THE NILE

THINK OF WATERING A WHOLE WHEAT-FIELD WITH A
WELL-SWEEP AND A PAIL.

GOT IT MADE CHEAP SOMEWHERE, WITH HER PICTURE
CARVED ON THE FRONT OF IT

SET OUT ON THE LONG, STEADY, ATLANTIC SWING.

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THE SHIP-DWELLERS

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