Showed in his glance and gait: yet like a child,

An Asian emperor’s only child, was he

With his grave looks and bright solemnity.

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And over him there hung the witching air,

The wilful courtesy, of the days of old.

The graces wherein idleness grows fair;

And somewhat in his sauntering walk he rolled

And toyed about his waist with seals of gold,

Or stood to ponder often in mid-stride,