Wholly and unreserved, I ask thee first To hear a fable from me. Saladin Saladin Wherefore not? From childhood I have ever loved to hear Fables, well told. Nathan Nathan Well told? ah, that indeed Is scarce a quality of mine! [57] Saladin Saladin Again So proudly modest? Well, speak on, speak on! Nathan Nathan In the grey morn of Time, there lived i’ the East A man, who owned a ring of priceless worth,
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