Excerpt from The Unseen King: And Other PoemsThe Unseen King.There came a day when King Abiah knewThat he must lay aside his earthly crown,And yield his sceptre unto other hands-Wherefore, to all the people of his realmAssembled, sorrowing, heMoreExcerpt from The Unseen King: And Other PoemsThe Unseen King.There came a day when King Abiah knewThat he must lay aside his earthly crown,And yield his sceptre unto other hands-Wherefore, to all the people of his realmAssembled, sorrowing, he spake these words:Weep not, O friends, that I too tread the wayWhence never foot may swerve, nor soul return!All men have come, and all must surely go.This life is but a passage, - not a pause-Who called us hither also calls us hence.And, verily, I know He calls us all, -Though some there be who seem to hearken not-For at the first, when ye had chosen me,About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.
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