“God save our gracious king!
Long live our noble king!
God save the king!”
Henry Carey (1687–1743) English composer and playwright
"God Save the King" (1730).
“People of Kommagini, let the glory of Antiochos,
the noble king, be celebrated as it deserves.”
" Epitaph of Antiochos, King of Kommagini http://cavafis.compupress.gr/kave_115.htm" (1923) <!-- some of the ironies of the poem are lost with only this portion of it … but so it goes...--> <br class="br">Context: People of Kommagini, let the glory of Antiochos,<br>the noble king, be celebrated as it deserves.<br>He was a provident ruler of the country.<br>He was just, wise, courageous.<br>In addition he was that best of all things, Hellenic —<br>mankind has no quality more precious:<br>everything beyond that belongs to the gods.
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