This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.

The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.

The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

A man of three letters, " F U R."

A man of three letters, " F U R."

And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.

And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.