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A book has been made for the King, / A book of beauty and art; / To the good king's eyes / A smile shall rise / Hiding the ache in his heart- / Hiding the hurt and the grief / As he turns it, leaf by leaf.
A book has been made for the King, / A book of blood and of blight; / To the Great King's eyes / A look shall rise / That will blast and wither and smite- / Yes, smite with a just God's rage, / As He turns it, page by page.