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 But all's to no end, for the time will not mend
 Till the King enjoys his own again.  
 But all's to no end, for the time will not mend
 Till the King enjoys his own again. 
 Broad-based upon her people's will,
 And compassed by the inviolate sea.  
 Broad-based upon her people's will,
 And compassed by the inviolate sea. 
 Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings,
 But the immensest empire is too read more 
 Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings,
 But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings. 
 The gates of monarchs
 Are arched so high that giants may jet through
  And keep their impious read more 
 The gates of monarchs
 Are arched so high that giants may jet through
  And keep their impious turbans on without
   Good morrow to the sun. 
 Every citizen is king under a citizen king.
 [Fr., Tout citoyen est roi sous un roi citoyen.]  
 Every citizen is king under a citizen king.
 [Fr., Tout citoyen est roi sous un roi citoyen.] 
 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. 
 Unhappy France! Unhappy King!
 [Fr., Malheureuse France! Malheureux roi!]  
 Unhappy France! Unhappy King!
 [Fr., Malheureuse France! Malheureux roi!] 
 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. 
 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.