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15. My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings, Lords of the earth! their luxury and ease. Another view of man, my second brings, Behold him there, the monarch of the seas! But ah! united, what reverse we have! Man's boasted power and freedom, all are flown; Lord of the earth and sea, he bends a slave And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone.Thy ready wit the word will soon supply, May its approval beam in that soft eye! (5)