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For after she declaims upon the vows Of Faith, she pusillanimously bows
 * Before the Sultan's wine-empurpled throne,

While he and all his courtezans carouse.

Carouse, ye sovereign lords! The wheel will roll Forever to confound and to console:
 * Who sips to-day the golden cup will drink

Mayhap to-morrow in a wooden bowl—