IV

He stood and sang with all the fire

That boiled within his blood's desire,

That made him all her slave yet higher:

And, at the end, his passion durst

Quench with one burning kiss its thirst.--

O eunuchs! did her face show scorn

When through his heart your daggers burst?

And dare you say he died forlorn?

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