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 Thro' their veils of golden gauze, As they glide and bend and beckon, As they wheel and wind and pause.

The voices of lutes and cymbals Fail on the failing breeze, And the midnight's soul grows weary With the scent of the champak trees; But the subtle feet of the dancers In a long, returning chain, Wake in the heart of lovers Love's ecstasy and pain. 22