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I.
She Sat Upon her Dobie,[1] / To watch the Evening Star, / And all the Punkahs[2] as they passed / Cried, "My! how fair you are!" / Around her bower, with quivering leaves, / The tall Kamsamahs[3] grew, / And Kitmutgars[4] in wild festoons / Hung down from Tchokis[5] blue.