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 Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished.
 [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]  
 Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished.
 [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.] 
 Why, our battalia trebles that account:
 Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength,
  Which they read more 
 Why, our battalia trebles that account:
 Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength,
  Which they upon the adverse faction want. 
 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. 
 There's such divinity doth hedge a king
 That treason can but peep to what it would,
  Acts read more 
 There's such divinity doth hedge a king
 That treason can but peep to what it would,
  Acts little of his will. 
 Der Kaiser of dis Faderland,
 Und Gott on high all dings commands,
  We two--ach! Don't you understand?
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 Der Kaiser of dis Faderland,
 Und Gott on high all dings commands,
  We two--ach! Don't you understand?
   Myself--und Gott. 
 A crown! what is it?
 It is to bear the miseries of a people!
  To bear the read more 
 A crown! what is it?
 It is to bear the miseries of a people!
  To bear the miseries of a people!
   And sink beneath a load of splendid care! 
 He who knows how to dissimulate knows how to reign.
 [Fr., Qui nescit dissimulare, nescit regnare.]  
 He who knows how to dissimulate knows how to reign.
 [Fr., Qui nescit dissimulare, nescit regnare.] 
For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.
For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.
 Ah! vainest of all things
 Is the gratitude of kings.  
 Ah! vainest of all things
 Is the gratitude of kings.