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TRIPLET, ON THE REIGN OF THE GREAT SULTAN by JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN

First Line: SUCH ARE THE STILLNESS AND PEACE THAT PREVAIL THROUGH THE SULTAN'S DOMINIONS
Last Line: NO. XVI (THE FOLLOWING POEM) IS THE TRUE SPIRIT OF ORIENTAL HYPERBOLE

Such are the stillness and peace that prevail through the Sultan's dominions
That the dread Angel of Death, when he startles thy couch with his pinions,
Can bring thee no stillier peace than is found in the Sultan's dominions.




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