What he can do to magnify or please;

Who sternly checks the smile that he would hide,

And reverently bows with straightened knees

When perhaps his lord is pleased to coincide,

And waits for the dismissal from his master's side.[15]

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XLI.

Where stately griffins guard by day and night

The pillared pomp of birth and fortune, whence

Reel peals of laughter, where the gasp for might

Palls on the throne of vast magnificence;

Where halls superbly mirrored, every sense,

And every wish, all hope, each separate sigh,

With endless epicurean intents,

Are planned to please, are reared to gratify,

While balmy perfumes float o'er th' marble masonry.

XLII.

But pardon the allusion; I intended

Merely to mention what is but too true.

I really hope I may not have offended

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