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A Book For The King

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A book has been made for the King,     A book of beauty and art;     To the good king's eyes     A smile shall rise     Hiding the ache in his heart -     Hiding the hurt and the grief     As he turns it, leaf by leaf.     A book has been made for the King,     A book of blood and of blight;     To the Great King's eyes     A look shall rise     That will blast and wither and smite -     Yes, smite with a just God's rage,     As He turns it, page by page.

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