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 The Eastern Front was glorious to behold, With Diamond flaming, and Barbarick Gold. There Ninus shone, who spread th' Assyrian Fame, And the great Founder of the Persian Name: There in long Robes the Royal Magi stand, Grave Zoroaster waves the circling Wand: The sage Chaldæans rob'd in White appear'd, And Brachmans deep in desert Woods rever'd. These stop'd the Moon, and call'd th' unbody'd Shades To Midnight Banquets in the glimm'ring Glades; Made visionary Fabricks round them rise, And airy Spectres skim before their Eyes; Of Talismans and Sigils knew the Pow'r, And careful watch'd the Planetary Hour. Superior, and alone, Confucius stood, Who taught that useful Science, to be good. But