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I. On the couch the Queen is lying, On the royal bed, To her heart the snake applying, Where a Conqueror's head Rested, and was proud to rest: Dark and starry, her thick tresses Are with jewels bound; Are they warm with the caresses Of the Chief who wound Gems amid the curls he prest,— The curls of Cleopatra, The bright Egyptian Queen?