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 I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself 
being Queen of this country.  
 I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself 
being Queen of this country. 
 There was a king of Thule,
 Was faithful till the grave,
  To whom his mistress dying,
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 There was a king of Thule,
 Was faithful till the grave,
  To whom his mistress dying,
   A golden goblet gave.
    [Ger., Es war ein Konig in Tule
     Gar treu bis an das Grab,
      Dem sterbend seine Buhle
       Einen gold'nen Becher gab.] 
 'Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor
 With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?
  She read more 
 'Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor
 With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?
  She 'as ships on the foam--she 'as millions at 'ome,
   An' she pays us poor beggars in red. 
 Every monarch is subject to a mightier one.
 [Lat., Omnes sub regno graviore regnum est.]  
 Every monarch is subject to a mightier one.
 [Lat., Omnes sub regno graviore regnum est.] 
 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.] 
 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. 
 As ourselves your empires fall,
 And every kingdom hath a grave.  
 As ourselves your empires fall,
 And every kingdom hath a grave. 
 The king reigns but does not govern.
 [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.]  
 The king reigns but does not govern.
 [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.] 
 Kings are like stars--they rise and set, they have
 The worship of the world, but no repose.  
 Kings are like stars--they rise and set, they have
 The worship of the world, but no repose.