"Think, in this battered Caravan -
- serai
Whose portals are alternate night and day.
How Sultan after Sultan with his pomp,
Abode his hour or two, and went his way."
Overture, " Abu Hassan ".. Weber
Lo ! Some we love, the loveliest and best
That Time and Fate of all their vintage prest,
Have drunk their cup a round or two before,
And one by one crept silently to rest."
Selection, " Thais "
Massenet-Tavan