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up, rise up, put off those robes, And follow me into the night; Leave thy gay feast, thy glittering globes; Let fall the scales which mar thy sight; Throw thy half-tasted winecup down&mdash; Thou hast a deeper draught to drink When wrapped within my sable gown, Forgetting self, forget to think. Obey, obey! I have no time to pause, to stay; We must be far away Ere day.'

'What! go with thee, thou fearful guest; Be wrapped upon thy fatal breast, To sleep forgetting and forgot? Leave this my home of life and light, To pass with thee across the night, Unknown? I will not.'