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The king who rose once nightly looked to sea,
And saw what could have been would never be.
The sorrow filled his aching sleepless heart,
And gold nor kingdom would not make it part.
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photo by Johnny Berg at http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mjA0W56/Castle+-+night
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© Dennis Allen Lange, 2019.
The Bard on the Hill 