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The Emperor Frederick Of Our Time

by George Meredith

George Meredith

With Alfred and St. Louis he doth win
Grander than crowned head's mortuary dome:
His gentle heroic manhood enters in
The ever-flowering common heart for home.




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As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
• William Shakespeare


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