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    Alexander took the cup,
        And from beneath his head a scroll,
    He drank the liquor up,
        And bade Phillip read the roll;
And Phillip look'd on the page, where shame,
Treason, and poison were named with his name.

    An angry flush rose on his brow,
        And anger darken'd his eye,
    What I have done I would do again now!
        If you trust my fidelity.
The king watch'd his face, he felt he might dare
Trust the faith that was written there.

    Next day the conqueror rose
        From a greater conqueror free;