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II. NUMA POMPILIUS.
“Sicut Romulus augurato urbe condenda regnum adeptus
est, de se quoque Deos consuli jussit. Inde ab augure
deductus in arcem.”
Lib. i. cap. 18
Thus Paganism judged aright
That Power comes down from Heaven;—
The shadow of the Kingly might
To the Anointed given.
That Power comes down from Heaven;—
The shadow of the Kingly might
To the Anointed given.
But there are many now who deem
That Power is from below;
And haply they in this their dream
Are wiser than we know.
That Power is from below;
And haply they in this their dream
Are wiser than we know.
Holy and saintly Kings may be,
As erst was Charles, the Good;
But always, Lord, we know from Thee,
That evil is the multitude.
As erst was Charles, the Good;
But always, Lord, we know from Thee,
That evil is the multitude.
They who their King the People make,
And with the Many side,
They for their God must evil take,
And Satan for their guide.
And with the Many side,
They for their God must evil take,
And Satan for their guide.
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