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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416380" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>L'Ancien Regime</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who has a thing to bring <br>For a gift to our lord the king, <br>Our king all kings above? <br>A young girl brought him love; <br>And he dowered her with shame, <br>With a sort of infamous fame, <br>And then with lonely years <br>Of penance and bitter tears -- <br>Love is scarcely the thing <br>To bring as a gift for our king. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who has a thing to bring <br>For a gift to our lord the king? <br>A statesman brought him planned <br>Justice for all the land; <br>And he in recompense got <br>Fierce struggle with brigue and plot, <br>Then a fall from lofty place <br>Into exile and disgrace -- <br>Justice is never the thing <br>To bring as a gift for our king. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who has a thing to bring <br>For a gift to our lord the king? <br>A writer brought him truth; <br>And first he imprisoned the youth, <br>And then he bestowed a free pyre <br>That the works might have plenty of fire, <br>And also to cure the pain <br>Of the headache called thought in the brain -- <br>Truth is a very bad thing <br>To bring as a gift for our king. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who has a thing to bring <br>For a gift to our lord the king? <br>The people brought their sure <br>Loyalty fervid and pure; <br>And he gave them bountiful spoil <br>Of taxes and hunger and toil, <br>Ignorance, brutish plight, <br>And wholesale slaughter in fight -- <br>Loyalty's quite the worst thing <br>To bring as a gift for our king. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who has a thing to bring <br>For a gift to our lord the king? <br>A courtier brought to his feet <br>Servility graceful and sweet, <br>With an ever ready smile <br>And an ever supple guile; <br>And he got in reward the place <br>Of the statesman in disgrace -- <br>Servility's always a thing <br>To bring as a gift for our king. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who has a thing to bring <br>For a gift to our lord the king? <br>A soldier brought him war, <br>La gloire, la victoire, <br>Ravage and carnage and groans, <br>For the pious Te Deum tones; <br>And he got in return for himself <br>Rank and honors and pelf -- <br>War is a very fine thing <br>To bring as a gift for our king. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who has a thing to bring <br>For a gift to our lord the king? <br>A harlot brought him her flesh, <br>Her lusts, and the manifold mesh <br>Of her wiles intervolved with caprice; <br>And he gave her his realm to fleece, <br>To corrupt, to ruin, and gave <br>Himself for her toy and her slave <br>Harlotry's just the thing <br>To bring as a gift for our king. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who has a thing to bring <br>For a gift to our lord the king, <br>Our king who fears to die? <br>A priest brought him a lie, <br>The blackness of hell uprolled <br>In heaven's shining gold; <br>And he got as guerdon for that <br>A see and a cardinal's hat -- <br>A lie is an excellent thing <br>To bring as a gift for our king. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Has any one yet a thing <br>For a gift to our lord the king? <br>The country gave him a tomb, <br>A magnificent sleeping-room; <br>And for this it obtained some rest, <br>Clear riddance of many a pest, <br>And a hope which it much enjoyed <br>That the throne would continue void -- <br>A tomb is the very best thing <br>For a gift to our lord the king.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Thomson">James Thomson</a><div class=q>
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For a gift to our lord the king, 
Our king all kings above? 
A young girl brought him love; 
And he dowered her with shame, 
With a sort of infamous fame, 
And then with lonely years 
Of penance and bitter tears -- 
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