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CLEOPATRA.

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Cleopatra Egyptia femina fuit, totius orbis fabula.

She made a feast for great Marc Antony: Her galley was arrayed in gold and light; That evening, in the purple sea and sky, It shone green-golden like a chrysolite.

She was reclined upon a Tyrian couch Of crimson wools: out of her loosened vest Set on one shoulder with a serpent brooch Fell one arm white and half her foamy breast.