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‘Twas at the royal feast, for Persia won |
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By Phillip’s warlike son: |
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Aloft in awful state |
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The godlike hero sate |
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On his imperial throne; |
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His valiant peers were plac’d around; |
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Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound: |
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(So should desert in arms be crown’d.) |
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The lovely Thais, by his side, |
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Sate like a blooming Eastern bride |
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In flow’r of youth and beauty’s pride. |
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Happy, happy, happy pair! |
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None but the brave, |
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None but the brave, |
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None but the brave deserves the fair. |
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Happy, happy, happy pair! |
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None but the brave, |
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None but the brave, |
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None but the brave deserves the fair. |
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¹John Dryden.
Alexander’s Feast; or, The Power of musique. London: J. Tonson,
1697. PR 3415 A39 1697A ROBA |
