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 His legs bestrid the ocean: his reared arm
 Crested the world: his voice was propertied
  As all read more 
 His legs bestrid the ocean: his reared arm
 Crested the world: his voice was propertied
  As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends;
   But when he meant to quail and shake the orb,
    He was as rattling thunder. 
 Though good faith should be banished from the rest of the world, 
it should be found in the mouths read more 
 Though good faith should be banished from the rest of the world, 
it should be found in the mouths of kings.
 [Fr., Si la bonne foi etait bannie du reste du monde, il faudrait 
qu'on la trouvat dans la bouche des rois.] 
 I am the State.
 [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]  
 I am the State.
 [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.] 
 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.] 
 Hener was the hero-king,
 Heaven-born, dear to us,
  Showing his shield
   A shelter for read more 
 Hener was the hero-king,
 Heaven-born, dear to us,
  Showing his shield
   A shelter for peace. 
 Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is 
his own.  
 Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is 
his own. 
 Whatever I can say or do.
 I'm sure not much avails;
  I shall still Vicar be of read more 
 Whatever I can say or do.
 I'm sure not much avails;
  I shall still Vicar be of Bray,
   Whichever side prevails. 
 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.] 
 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? 
intendest thou to kill me, as read more 
 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? 
intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedest the Egyptian? And 
Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.