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III.
CLEOPATRA.
1.
Cleopatra Egyptia femina fuit, totius orbis fabula.
She made a feast for great Marc Antony:
Her galley was arrayed in gold and light;
That evening, in the purple sea and sky,
It shone green-golden like a chrysolite.
She was reclined upon a Tyrian couch
Of crimson wools: out of her loosened vest
Set on one shoulder with a serpent brooch
Fell one arm white and half her foamy breast.
