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 IV.

CLEOPATRA.

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When Cleopatra saw 'twas time to yield Even that love, to smite nor be afraid, Since love shared loss,—yea, when the thing was sealed, And all the trust of Antony betrayed;

And when, before his eyes and in full sight Of the still striving ships, that gleaming line Of galleys decked for no rude field of fight Fled fair and unashamed in the sunshine;