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The Kings of Europe.
A JEST.
Why pray, of late, do Europe's kings
No jester in their courts admit?
They're grown such stately solemn things.
To bear a joke they think not fit.
No jester in their courts admit?
They're grown such stately solemn things.
To bear a joke they think not fit.
But tho' each court a jester lacks,
To laugh at monarchs to their face;
All mankind behind their backs
Supply the honest jester's place.
To laugh at monarchs to their face;
All mankind behind their backs
Supply the honest jester's place.
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