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Come hither, my lads, with your tankards of ale,

And drink to the present before it shall fail;

Pile each on your platter a mountain of beef,

For ‘tis eating and drinking that bring us relief:

So fill up your glass,

For life will soon pass;

When you’re dead ye’ll ne’er drink to your king or your lass!

Anacreon had a red nose, so they say;

But what’s a red nose if ye’re happy and gay?

Gad split me! I’d rather be red whilst I’m here,

Than white as a lily----and dead half a year!

So Betty, my miss,

Come give me a kiss;

In Hell there’s no innkeeper’s daughter like this!

Young Harry, propp’d un just as straight as he’s able,

Will soon lose his wig and slip under the table,

But fill up your goblets and pass ‘em around----

Better under the table than under the ground!

So revel and chaff

As ye thirstily quaff:

Under six feet of dirt ‘tis less easy to laugh!

The fiend strike me blue! I’m scarce able to walk,

And damn me if I can stand upright or talk!

Here, landlord, bid Betty to summon a chair;

I’ll try home for a while, for my wife is not there!

So lend me a hand;

I’m not able to stand,

But I’m gay whilst I linger on top of the land!

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Silence falls on Mecca’s walls

And true believers turn to stone;

A granite wind from out the East

Bears the rattle of bone on bone,

And to the harlot of the priest

Comes one no man has ever known.

The black stars fall on Mecca’s wall,

The red stars gem the pallid night;

The yellow stars are hinged in grey

But Ammon-Hoteph’s stars are white.

Who weaves a web to hold at bay

The castled king of Mekmet’s light?

Darkness falls on Mecca’s walls.

The cressets glimmer in the gloom;

Along the cornices and groins

The scorpion weaves his trail of doom.

A woman bares her pulsing loins

To One within a shadowy room.

The star-dust falls on Mecca’s walls,

The bats’ wings flash in Mekmet’s face;

The lonely fanes rise black and stark.

What brought what Shape from what strange place,

Across the gulf of utter dark,

To span the void of cosmic space?

Silence falls on Mecca’s walls

Like mist from some fiend-haunted fen.

Stars, shuttles in a demon’s looms,

Weave over Mecca, a doom of men.

A woman laughs---and laughs again.

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Thulsa Doom: I wish to speak to you now. Where is the Eye of the Serpent? Rexor says that you gave to a girl, probably for a mere night's pleasure, hmm? What a loss. People have no grasp of what they do. You broke into my house, stole my property, murdered my servants, and my PETS! And that is what grieves me the most! You killed my snake. Thorgrim is beside himself with grief! He raised that snake from the time it was born.

Conan: You killed my mother! You killed my father, you killed my people! You took my father's sword... ah

[Rexor twists his arm]

Thulsa Doom: Ah. It must have been when I was younger. There was a time, boy, when I searched for steel, when steel meant more to me than gold or jewels.

Conan: The riddle... of steel.

Thulsa Doom: Yes! You know what it is, don't you boy? Shall I tell you? It's the least I can do. Steel isn't strong, boy, flesh is stronger! Look around you. There, on the rocks; a beautiful girl. Come to me, my child...

Thulsa Doom: [coaxes the girl to jump to her death]

Thulsa Doom: That is strength, boy! That is power! What is steel compared to the hand that wields it? Look at the strength in your body, the desire in your heart, I gave you this! Such a waste. Contemplate this on the tree of woe. Crucify him!

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Shine!

The starry light may shine.

So wisdom shall be mine

from all space and time.

Shine!

O haunter of the dark.

My soul shall now be thine,

thy knowledge must be mine.

I gazed into its window (and) saw the three lobed burning eye,

the titan blur on black wings - now I am it and it is I!

Black Pharaoh they call me though Nephren-Ka's my name

and among the folk of (the) Nile I spread my poison reign.

Shine!

The starry light may shine.

So wisdom shall be mine

from all space and time.

Shine!

O haunter of the dark.

My soul shall now be thine,

thy knowledge must be mine.

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Conan's Father: Fire and wind come from the sky, from the gods of the sky. But Crom is your god, Crom and he lives in the earth. Once, giants lived in the Earth, Conan. And in the darkness of chaos, they fooled Crom, and they took from him the enigma of steel. Crom was angered. And the Earth shook. Fire and wind struck down these giants, and they threw their bodies into the waters, but in their rage, the gods forgot the secret of steel and left it on the battlefield. We who found it are just men. Not gods. Not giants. Just men. The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery. You must learn its riddle, Conan. You must learn its discipline. For no one - no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts.

[Points to sword]

Conan's Father: This you can trust.

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To travel in silence/

by a long and circuitous route, /

To brave the arrows of misfortune /

and fear neither noose nor fire, /

To play the greatest of all games /

and win, foregoing no expense /

is to mock the vicissitudes of Fate/

and gain at last the key /

that will unlock the Ninth Gate.

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"Why", you ask? "Why" is not the question. How? Now, that is a question worth examining. How could I, being born of such, uh... conventional stock, arrive a leader of the rebellion? An escapist from a conformist world, destined to find happiness only in that which cannot be explained? I brought you here for a reason, but unfortunately you and your sentimental minds are doing me no good! My brain is frozen. Locked! I have to break free from this culture of mechanical reproductions and the thick encrustations dying on the surface!

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