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Soon the glories of his Father Fall,--the crafty Caliph's gain 6 How he maddens as the Lion Raging thro' the desert Grove how with desp'rate oath he pledges Zaida's beauties, --Zaida's love. 7 Mehmed Bey the offer seizes Triumph glistens in his Eyes Ah rash youth, --that thou hadst never dar'd to [[unclear]] so fair a prize 8 For impending ruin threatens To devote thy hapless Love But what thrilling accents issue From the [[unclear]] height above?-- 9 'Tis the lovely Zaida crying Half--distracted,--oh my Life To thy Fae comeda thy Castle And from death preserve thy Wife.--
