King of France quotes

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In cases of defense 'tis best to weigh
The enemy more mighty than he seems.
He bids you ... to take mercy
On the poor souls for whom this hungry war
Opens his vasty jaws.
Let's take the instant by the forward top;
For we are old, and on our quick'st decrees
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Love that comes too late,
Like a remorseful pardon slowly carried,
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Praising what is lost
Makes the remembrance dear.
Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich being poor,
Most choice forsaken, and most loved despised,
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"Let me not live," quoth he,
"After my flame lacks oil, to be the snuff
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It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.
All over France, in every city there stand cathedrals like this one, triumphant monuments of the past. They tower over the homes o ...
O that I were a mockery king of snow,
Standing before the sun of Bolingbroke,
To melt myself away in water drops!
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