"Kingless" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... are the sceptre and the sword, Stretch forth Thy mighty hand,— Reign Thou our kingless nation's Lord, Rule Thou ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 8, No. 46, August, 1861 • Various
... pierce and sting, Thy sweetness for a healing spring. Be to them knowledge, strength, life, light, Thou to whose feet the centuries cling And in the wide warmth of thy wing Seek room and rest as birds by night, O thou the kingless people's king, To whom the lips of silence sing, Called by thy name of thanksgiving Freedom, and by thy name of might Justice, and by thy secret name Love; the same need is on the same Men, be the same God in their ...
— Two Nations • Algernon Charles Swinburne |
