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Kings are like stars--they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose.

Hail, glorious edifice, stupendous work! God bless the Regent, and the Duke of York.

A prince, the moment he is crown'd, Inherits every virtue sound, As emblems of the sovereign power, Like other baubles in the Tower: Is generous, valiant, just, and wise, And so continues till he dies.

Hener was the hero-king, Heaven-born, dear to us, Showing his shield A shelter for peace.

In that fierce light which beats upon a throne.

Broad-based upon her people's will, And compassed by the inviolate sea.

Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.

The king reigns but does not govern.

All kings is mostly rapscallions.

The first king was a successful soldier; He who serves well his country has no need of ancestors.

Here lies our mutton-looking king, Whose word no man relied on, Who never said a foolish thing No ever did a wise one.

Here lies our sovereign lord, the king, Whose word no man relives on, Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.

A merry monarch, scandalous and poor.

Hail to the crown by Freedom shaped--to gird An English sovereign's brow! and to the throne Whereon he sits! whose deep foundations lie In veneration and the people's love.

A partial world will list to my lays, While Anna reigns, and sets a female name Unrival'd in the glorious lists of fame.

A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.

Kings are earth's gods; in vice their law's their will.

Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.