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The Malaytook the Pearl
NotIthe Earl
Ifeared the Seatoo much
Unsanctifiedto touch
Praying that I might be
Worthythe Destiny
The Swarthy fellow swam
And bore my JewelHome
Home to the Hut! What lot
Had Ithe Jewelgot
Borne on a Dusky Breasty
I had not deemed a Vest
Of Amberfit
The Negro never knew
Iwooed ittoo
To gain, or be undone
Alike to HimOne