With drunken revels and with wanton waste.

And now to crown his sensuality

He sends his vulgar chamberlains to bring

Me to his palace garden that his lords

May gaze with unchaste eyes upon my form.

Meheuman, Biztha, will you tell the king

That Vashti bids him come to her if he

Would see the queen.

Meheuman

You understand

The costly hangings of the garden court

Are blue and green and white?

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Vashti

Now pray you what

Significance has that? What if each couch

Is gold and silver and each goblet set

With stones?

Meheuman

The king's great love for Vashti!

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