<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=396753" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>John Lackland</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A wicked man is bad enough on earth; <br>But O the baleful lustre of a chief <br>Once pledged in tyranny! O star of dearth <br>Darkly illumining a nation's grief! <br>How many men have worn thee on their brows! <br>Alas for them and us! God's precious gift <br>Of gracious dispensation got by theft - <br>The damning form of false unholy vows! <br>The thief of God and man must have his fee: <br>And thou, John Lackland, despicable prince - <br>Basest of England's banes before or since! <br>Thrice traitor, coward, thief! O thou shalt be <br>The historic warning, trampled and abhorr'd <br>Who dared to steal and stain the symbols of the Lord!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=George+Meredith">George Meredith</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=396753" data-title="John Lackland de George Meredith" data-description="A wicked man is bad enough on earth; But O the baleful lustre of a chief Once pledged in tyranny! O star of dearth Darkly illumining a nation's grief! How many men have worn thee on their brows! Alas for them and us! God's precious gift Of g..."></div> </div> </div>

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