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ON THE DEATH OF LEOPOLD, KING OF THE BELGIANS by CHARLES KINGSLEY

First Line: A KING IS DEAD! ANOTHER MASTER MIND
Last Line: GUIDING THY KINGS AND THEE, THE KING OF KINGS.
Subject(s): LEOPOLD I, KING OF THE BELGIANS;

A KING is dead! Another master mind
Is summoned from the world-wide council hall.
Ah, for some seer, to say what lurks behind --
To read the mystic writing on the wall!

Be still, fond man: nor ask thy fate to know.
Face bravely what each God-sent moment brings.
Above thee rules in love, through weal and woe,
Guiding thy kings and thee, the King of kings.



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