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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Anne ReeveAldrich

1582 A Crowned Poet

IN thy coach of state

Pass, O King, along:

He no envy feels

To whom God giveth song.

Starving, still I smile,

Laugh at want and wrong:

He is fed and crowned

To whom God giveth song.

Better than all pomps

That to rank belong,—

One such dream as his

To whom God giveth song.

Let us greet, O King,

As we pass along:

He, too, is a king

To whom God giveth song.