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THE WORLD’S TRAGEDY. 
 
GOVINDA 
 
I have a gipsy girl 
Skilled in the mystic art.  
She knows the trick to curl  
Dried leaves in fire, and augur thence.  
I bought her in the mart  
From an old Greek — a vile old man !  
He told me she was a Bohemian ;  
And by a fabulous conjuring with cards  
Indeed she can divine. 
 
CHAU 
 
So can our bards.  
These girls are shifty. 
 
GOVINDA 
 
Maybe so ;  but list !  
(I pray you) She can take an amethyst  
And see a thousand visions. 
 
CHAU 
 
So can I