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      Or thou art Cinderella doomed to spend

      Her night before the embers of the fire,

      Deep in a conversation with her friend,

      The cricket, as the latter hours expire;

      Or Arsaces, the great and valorous,

      Waging his righteous battle for a realm,

      Or Tancred with his breastplate luminous,

      Cuirassed and splendid with his sword and helm;

      Or Desdemona with her willow song,