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CC-H.774.070
19 Dec 1774:41 (521)
THE STORY OF ZEYN ALASMAN Prince OF BALSORA, IN THE ARABIAN
NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS, DONE INTO ENGLISH VERSE, WITH
ADDITIONS AND IMITATIONS, IN THREE CANTOS.
Canto I.
There did (what signifies it when?)
A monarch o'er Balsora reign.
Than whom no sultan in the east,
Seem'd ever, more completely blest.
. . . [19 lines]
The guns were fir'd, the bells were rung,
Te Deum every parish sung;
. . . [30 lines]
Zeyn, in the lap of pleasure bred,
A life of dissipation led;
Would listen to the pipe and tabor,
When he should with his viziers labour;
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