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==Text==
==Text==
By [[Alfred Lord Tennyson]].
By [[Alfred Lord Tennyson]]. Written 1833; published 1842. Text reproduced as part of the [[public domain]], but credit must be given to Tennyson, [[poet laureate]] of [[England]].
:It little profits that an idle king,
:It little profits that an idle king,
:It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
:It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
:It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
:And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
:And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
:Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
:Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'