Wallace Bruce - Antony to Cleopatra lyrics

My Cleopatra, queen, alas the day Thy lustrous eyes proclaimed such bitter doom! That shame and Antony should live for aye, An epitaph on Time's enduring tomb! Soft-coiling serpent! Thy enticing wiles Hold heroes captive in strong toils of grace; For power is lost in pa**ion, as fond smiles Light up the matchless beauty of thy face. Cold duty summons; but, enchantress fair, My courage melts beneath thy glowing eyes; And in thine arms I neither reck nor care If Roman honor lives or basely dies. Let Fame's rich pearl dissolve in nectar bright! Farewell to valor—day is lost in night.