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By Owen Meredith [i.e. E. R. B. Lytton]: 2nd ed.

Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891)

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Mine, and mine only, and all mine,
Spirit and flesh, and brain and heart,
By right of birth, and right divine,
And every right but one, thou art.

But, wanting that one right, I know
The rest are wrongs without redress.
Ah child, a kingless kingdom thou,
And I a king that's kingdomless.