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I sit on a rock while I’m raising the wind,

But the storm once abated I’m gentle and kind.

I’ve Kings at my feet, who await but my nod

To kneel in the dust on the ground I have trod.

Though seen to the world, I am known to but few,

The Gentile detests me, I’m pork to the Jew.

I never have passed but one night in the dark,

And that was with Noah alone in the ark.

My weight is three pounds, my length is a mile.

And when I’m discovered you’ll say, with a smile,

That my first and my last are the pride of this isle.

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