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Guilielmus Rex
The Sisters' Tragedy
The folk who lived in Shakespeare's day
And saw that gentle
figure pass
By London Bridge, his frequent way--
They little
knew what man he was.
The pointed beard, the courteous mien,
The equal port to
high and low,
All this they saw or might have seen--
But not
the light behind the brow!
The doublet's modest gray or brown,
The slender sword-hilt's
plain device,
What sign had these for prince or clown?
Few
turned, or none, to scan him twice.
Yet 'twas the king of England's kings!
The rest with all
their pomps and trains
Are mouldered, half-remembered
things--
'Tis he alone that lives and reigns!
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