Versos English Lafcadio Hearn Cleopatra

English poem

Cleopatra

by (1850–1904)

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I am the queen of Ethiope. Love bade my kissing eyelids ope That men beholding might praise love. My hair was wonderful and curled; My lips held fast the mouth o' the world To spoil the strength and speech thereof. The latter triumph in my breath Bowed down the beaten brows of death, Ashamed they had not wrath enough. . . . . . . . . .