TheELECTOR, orPRINCEof the Empire.
The Prince shall be clothed with Desolation, and the Hands of the People of the Land shall be troubled.
Ezekielvii. 27.
Come, mighty Prince, now quick resignThy perishable Joys,Thy fleeting Glory, and the restOf Earth’s delusive Toys.Lo, I alone the Pride of KingsAm able to repress;The splendid Pomps of regal StateMy Pow’r supreme confess.
Come, mighty Prince, now quick resignThy perishable Joys,Thy fleeting Glory, and the restOf Earth’s delusive Toys.Lo, I alone the Pride of KingsAm able to repress;The splendid Pomps of regal StateMy Pow’r supreme confess.
Come, mighty Prince, now quick resignThy perishable Joys,Thy fleeting Glory, and the restOf Earth’s delusive Toys.
Come, mighty Prince, now quick resign
Thy perishable Joys,
Thy fleeting Glory, and the rest
Of Earth’s delusive Toys.
Lo, I alone the Pride of KingsAm able to repress;The splendid Pomps of regal StateMy Pow’r supreme confess.
Lo, I alone the Pride of Kings
Am able to repress;
The splendid Pomps of regal State
My Pow’r supreme confess.