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he regal purple and the ring of gold

As fraught with new significance, he wore:

The sceptre handed from his sires of old

Had meanings it had never known before:

To heal the sick, the sorrowful to cheer,

The poor and desolate his friends to make,

He held as sovereignty: and, void of fear,

Counted no cost too great—for England's sake.