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Eliza Cook (NE day as I was in the bath)

NE day, as I was in the bath, a friend, of mine put into my hand a piece of scented clay. I took it, and said to it. "Art thou musk or ambergris, for I am charmed with thy perfume?" It answered, "I was a despicable piece of clay, but I was some time in the company of the rose, and the quality