The pomp, the pride, the royal show?
(Ballade Of Dead Actors)
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Prince, pride must have a fall.
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So be my passing My task accomplished and the long day done, My wages taken, and in my heart Some late lark singing, Let me be gathered in the quiet west, The sundown splendid and serene, Death.
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