That follows majesty; the crooking knee; Ten thousand minions at your beck and call; A thousand sycophantic, fawning lords; A hundred gleaming jeweled chandeliers; The radiance and rich magnificence Of court; long hours of revel and of wine; And then above the splendor and the show God's finger writing on the wall! Is this The precious price that you have paid? Vashti This is The price. [61] Esther Sweet friend, I thank you. Yes, your loss Has been my gain! Yet what reward have I? How I do hate the crown that you did spurn! O how I love the pearl of greatest price! God pardon my great sin! Vashti, I am
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