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 O Richard! O my king!
 The universe forsakes thee!  
 O Richard! O my king!
 The universe forsakes thee! 
 The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is 
made up of very hard read more 
 The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is 
made up of very hard but very polished people.
 [Fr., La cour est comme un edifice bati de marbre; je veux dire 
qu'elle est composee d'hommes fort durs mais fort polis.] 
For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.
For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.
 At length her grace rose and with modest paces
 Came to the altar, where she kneeled, and saint-like
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 At length her grace rose and with modest paces
 Came to the altar, where she kneeled, and saint-like
  Cast her fair eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly;
   Then rose again and bowed her to the people;
    When by the Archbishop of Canterbury
     She had all the royal makings of a queen,
      As holy oil, Edward Confessor's crown,
       The rod, and bird of peace, and all such emblems
        Laid nobly on her; which performed, the choir
         With all the choicest music of the kingdom
          Together sung 'Te Deum.' So she parted
           And with the same full state packed back again
            To York Place, where the feast is held. 
 Ah! vainest of all things
 Is the gratitude of kings.  
 Ah! vainest of all things
 Is the gratitude of kings. 
 On the king's gate the moss grew gray;
 The king came not. They call'd him dead;
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 On the king's gate the moss grew gray;
 The king came not. They call'd him dead;
  And made his eldest son, one day,
   Slave in his father's stead. 
 A partial world will list to my lays,
 While Anna reigns, and sets a female name
  Unrival'd read more 
 A partial world will list to my lays,
 While Anna reigns, and sets a female name
  Unrival'd in the glorious lists of fame. 
 Here lies our sovereign lord, the king,
 Whose word no man relives on,
  Who never said a read more 
 Here lies our sovereign lord, the king,
 Whose word no man relives on,
  Who never said a foolish thing,
   And never did a wise one. 
 That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental 
principle of the English constitution.  
 That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental 
principle of the English constitution.