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THE CZAR by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR

First Line: NOW WHO IS HE WITH LOFTY MIEN
Last Line: THE CZAR! GOD SAVE THE CZAR!
Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS; HONOR; RUSSIA; SOVIET UNION; RUSSIANS;

NOW who is he with lofty mien
That down the street doth ride? —
Nor bugle's note, nor banner's sheen,
To tell of power or pride.

His brow no kingly crown displays
His breast no jeweled star;
Yet Russ and Tartar reverent gaze —
The Czar! God save the Czar!



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