Versos English Ella Wheeler Wilcox Ahasueras

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Ahasueras

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Degrade thee, Vashti? Rather do I seek To show my people who are gathered here How, as the consort of so fair a queen, I feel more pride than as the mighty king: For there be many rulers on the earth, But only one such queen. Come, raise thy veil!