XLVIII

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XLVIII

“Ah! good my Prince, weep not!” And then again

He fill’d a bumper. “Great Sire, do not weep!

Your pulse is shocking, but I’ll ease your pain.”

“Fetch me that Ottoman, and prithee keep

Your voice low,” said the Emperor, “and steep

Some lady’s-fingers nice in Candy wine;

And prithee, Hum, behind the screen do peep

For the rose-water vase, magician mine!

And sponge my forehead⁠—so my love doth make me pine.”