IF I WERE KING.
Child, if I were a king, my throne I would surrender, V, My sceptre, and my y ca!i- } and kneeling vav-asois, . ' - ■ " ', . l&y golden crown, and porphyry baths, and consorts ~ v And feets that fill the sea§ arid regal' pomp and splendour, * ■.?•■•'. All for one 'look of yours! If I were (jod; t&e earth and Juminous deeps that span it,Angels and demons bowed beneath my word devine, . • Chaos profund, with flanks of flaming gold an,d granitej . . . Eternity, and space, and .sky and sun and planet,' ; , : L All for one kiss of thine! . *:' '; Victor Hugo.
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Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 40, 13 March 1930, Page 2
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97IF I WERE KING. Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 40, 13 March 1930, Page 2
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