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VIII. Dim the purple lid is drooping O'er the radiant eyes; And the stately head is stooping, And the cheek's rich dyes Are like marble white and dull. Never shall Augustus cover That imperial form with chains; Yet the Beauty has a lover, Death, almighty Death, remains! And in death how beautiful Is the worshipped Cleopatra, The dead Egyptian Queen.