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Broad-based upon her people's will,
And compassed by the inviolate sea.
Broad-based upon her people's will,
And compassed by the inviolate sea.
She governs but she does not reign.
[Fr., Elle gouvernait, mais elle ne regnait pas.]
She governs but she does not reign.
[Fr., Elle gouvernait, mais elle ne regnait pas.]
To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings.
[Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]
To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings.
[Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]
They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship.
The reason is, the brave beast is read more
They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship.
The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a
Prince as soon as his groom.
And kind as kings upon their coronation day.
And kind as kings upon their coronation day.
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom
there is no help.
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom
there is no help.
Hail to the crown by Freedom shaped--to gird
An English sovereign's brow! and to the throne
Whereon read more
Hail to the crown by Freedom shaped--to gird
An English sovereign's brow! and to the throne
Whereon he sits! whose deep foundations lie
In veneration and the people's love.
O Richard! O my king!
The universe forsakes thee!
O Richard! O my king!
The universe forsakes thee!
A man's a man,
But when you see a king, you see the work
Of many thousand read more
A man's a man,
But when you see a king, you see the work
Of many thousand men.
