For some time none could pass, but the first that were able,
Found, Glutton the Alderman, seated at table.
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At the banquet the guests in amazement were lost,
And the King of Siam took the right of his host.
Beside him, a vase fill’d with water was plac’d,
Of chrystal, and gold, very skilfully chac’d:
With flow’rs of the orange the handles were bound,
And Otto of Roses was sprinkled around—
Before him were cocoa nuts, figs, wheat, and rice,
The wood of acacia, banana, and spice: