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"Thine is the glad wave's flashing play, Thine is the laugh of the golden day, The golden day, and the glorious night, And the vine with its clusters all bathed in light! —Forget, forget, that thou art not free! Queen of the summer sea.

"Favored and crowned of the earth and sky! Thine are all voices of melody, Wandering in moonlight through fane and tower, Floating o'er fountain and myrtle bower; Hark! how they melt o'er thy glittering sea; —Forget that thou art not free!

"Let the wine flow in thy marble halls! Let the lute answer thy fountain falls! And deck thy feasts with the myrtle bough, And cover with roses thy glowing brow! Queen of the day and the summer sea, Forget that thou art not free!"