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AntiochusHenry Wadsworth Longfellow

Antiochus

O Antioch, my Antioch, my city!

Queen of the East! my solace, my delight!

The dowry of my sister Cleopatra

When she was wed to Ptolemy, and now

Won back and made more wonderful by me!

I love thee, and I long to be once more

Among the players and the dancing women

Within thy gates, and bathe in the Orontes,

Thy river and mine. O Jason, my High-Priest,

For I have made thee so, and thou art mine,

Hast thou seen Antioch the Beautiful?