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 The king reigns but does not govern.
 [Fr., Le roi regne, il ne gouverne pas.]  
 The king reigns but does not govern.
 [Fr., Le roi regne, il ne gouverne pas.] 
 'Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so.
   - Michael read more 
 'Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so.
   - Michael Eyquen de Montaigne, 
 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. 
 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. 
 Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch.
 [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque
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 Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch.
 [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque
  Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.] 
And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.
And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.
 Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men 
claiming and bearing them.  
 Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men 
claiming and bearing them. 
 His fair large front and eye sublime declared
 Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks
  Round from his parted read more 
 His fair large front and eye sublime declared
 Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks
  Round from his parted forelock manly hung
   Clustering but not beneath his shoulders broad. 
 The Prussian Sovereigns are in possession of a crown not be the 
grace of the people, but by God's read more 
 The Prussian Sovereigns are in possession of a crown not be the 
grace of the people, but by God's grace.