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Show THE MASQUE OF THE "WORLD. "I know both the masks' and faces of a'.I That appear at this bustling carnival ball; Here an Ale-wife struts in the robes of a iiueen. There's a vestal, with only her garments clean: ' That man in the beard, who is prating of Was meant for the seat of a butcher a cart . V Yon soldier's service might not be spurned. . ' Were his sword to a thousand needies turned; , , And this preacher here, would have been, at home . , , . , With Burbon's Black Bands in the sack of Rome: , , t,., What motly disguises the knaves have t assumed. - From the gypsey in rags to the emperor j plumed. , I And though each knows himself for a ! rogue and a cheat. . , I How simply he credits his neighbor s de. i And 'evermore, they merrily waltz While they feign the unrtue ami behev I wodllm'sht'walt till the trumpet to j blown. i v f For the m;,uks to be doffed and the tru 5 faces shown." jqhn OR. . |