Poems (Botta)/To - (3)
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TO .
I do not ask if an illustrious name Has shed upon thy birth its purple glow;Nor do I ask what titles thou canst claim, What ribbon favors, such as kings bestow.
Why should I, when upon thy brow I see, In its expression of all lofty things,The insignia of that true nobility That bears the impress of the King of kings?