Du Haschisch

Du Haschisch

     Go and take     the little book

which is open     in the hand

of the angel     which standeth

upon the sea     and upon the earth.

     And I went     unto the angel,

and said unto     him, 'Give me 

the little book.'     And he said 

unto me, 'Take it,     and eat it up, 

and it shall make     thy belly bitter, 

     but it shall be     in thy mouth 

sweet as honey.'     And I took 

the little book out     of the angel's 

hand, and ate it up,     and it was 

in my mouth sweet     as honey: 

and as soon as I had     eaten it, 

               my belly was     bitter.

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