CROMWELL ON THE THRONE.

In vain (fond people) do you grutch

And tacitly repine.

For why? my skill and strength are such

Both poles of heaven are mine.

Your hands and purses both cohered

To raise us to this height:

You must protect those you have rear’d,

Or sink beneath their weight.

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