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100 What came of high resolve and great,

And until Death fidelity?

Whose horse is waiting at your gate?

Whose &apos;rickshaw-wheels ride over me?

No Saint's, I swear; and—let me see

To-night what names your programme fill—

We drift asunder merrily,

As drifts the mist on Jakko Hill!

Woman, behold our ancient state

Has clean departed; and we see

'Twas Idleness we took for Fate

That bound light bonds on you and me.

Amen! Here ends the comedy

Where it began in all good will,

Since Love and Leave together flee

As driven mist on Jakko Hill!