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The Divine Right of Kings

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The Divine Right of Kings
by Edgar Allan Poe

From Graham's Magazine, October 1845, p. 189.

14269The Divine Right of KingsEdgar Allan Poe

The only king by right divine
Is Ellen King, and were she mine
I'd strive for liberty no more,
But hug the glorious chains I wore.

Her bosom is an ivory throne,
Where tyrant virtue reigns alone;
No subject vice dare interfere,
To check the power that governs here.

O! would she deign to rule my fate,
I'd worship Kings and kingly state,
And hold this maxim all life long,
The King — my King — can do no wrong.          P.


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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