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 What Semiramis Said by Vachel Lindsay 
						THE moon's a steaming chalice, Of honey and venom-wine.
 A little of it sipped by night
 Makes the long hours divine.
 But oh, my reckless lovers,
 They drain the cup and wail,
 Die at my feet with shaking limbs
 And tender lips all pale.
 Above them in the sky it bends
 Empty and gray and dead.
 To-morrow night 'tis full again,
 Golden, and foaming red.
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