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a royal portrait
the painter drew the lineaments of power
the monarch sitting calmly on his throne
seeing no thing that was not his own
yet we don't see the masses hide and cower
a king in place is something that is known
the painter drew the lineaments of power
all that now seems a long-forgotten hour
we vaguely understand what we are shown
that noble face is now forgotten bone
the painter drew the lineaments of power