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ALEXANDER the GREAT.
As Alexander (all the World subdu'd)Amid a throng of circling courtiers stood,
“In Me, he cry'd, Great Ammon's offspring view,
“To mighty Jove my origin is due;
“Let favour'd monarchs swell young Ammon's train,
“My father's viceroy, god-like, here I reign;
“Whate'er I will's the will of mighty Jove,
“On Earth I rule, as he commands above.”
He spoke:—Adoring courtiers prostrate lay,
When a poor Crow whom chance had brought that way,
As high in air he o'er the monarch sped,
Croak'd loud disdain—and sh*t upon his head.
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