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HA, I am the lord of earth! The noble,
Who're in my service, love me. Ha, I am the lord of earth! The noble,
O'er whom my sway extendeth, love I. Oh, grant me, God in Heaven, that I may ne'er
Dispense with loftiness and love!
1815.*
ROYAL PRAYER.
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