Bring me my robes and crown!
I must make a brave end,
Charmian, fitting the renown
Of Antony’s friend.
Caesar shall find me so,
‘Tired like a royal bride,
When he comes in, and the lights are low,
And I’m by Antony’s side –
Wedded in Death’s bright hall
Beyond the Egyptian air,
My crown and robes on me, and all
The love that made me fair.
My women! sooth to tell
Soft is the aspic’s bite:
It would have pleased my Roman well
So to have said good-night.
(Robert Crawford)
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