Living
Henry the Eighth
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
Thou murderous man! a time there comes, we trust,
When, king's or peasant's, dust springs forth from dust:
Then, when the spirit its own form shall see,
Beauteous or hideous, woe then, wretch, to thee!
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Henry the Eighth.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/641/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Henry the Eighth.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/641/.
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